The Stunning Designs Of Georg Jensen

As a boy, Georg Jensen (1866-1935) was apprenticed to the local knife factory near his hometown of Copenhagen. In the normal course of events, he would have finished out his training there and then spent the next four or five decades similarly employed. Instead, breaking with tradition and leaving factory life behind him, Jensen went on to become the most important silversmith of the past century. The story of Jensen's belated - and, at times, reluctant - acceptance of his vocation is told in the exhibition organized by the Bard Graduate Center that will run until October 16.

As the exhibition "Georg Jensen Jewelry" demonstrates, there remains much to learn about the Dan-ish silversmith and the company he founded. More than 300 pieces are on display, dating from the late Nineteenth Century up to the 1970s.