Aino Aalto
Finnish architect and designer (1894–1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto (born Aino Maria Mandelin;[1] 25 January 1894 – 13 January 1949) was a Finnish architect and a pioneer of Scandinavian design.[2] She is known as the design partner of architect Alvar Aalto, with whom she worked for 25 years, and as a co-founder with him, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl of the design company Artek, collaborating on many its most well-known designs.[3] As Artek's first artistic director, her creative output spanned textiles, lamps, glassware, and buildings.[4] It has been discovered that it was Aino who completed the first work commissioned through Artek which was the Viipuri Library in 1935.[5] Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and MoMA has included her work in nine exhibitions,[6] the first of which was Aalto: Architecture and Furniture in 1938.[7] Other major exhibitions were at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and Chelsea Space in London. Aino Aalto has been exhibited with Pablo Picasso.[8]
Aino Aalto | |
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Born | Aino Maria Mandelin 25 January 1894 |
Died | 13 January 1949(1949-01-13) (aged 54) Helsinki, Finland |
Nationality | Finnish |
Other names | Aino Marsio Aalto, Aino Aalto, Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto |
Alma mater | Helsingin Suomalainen Tyttökoulu Helsinki University of Technology |
Occupation(s) | Architect, designer |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 (Johan Henrik Hamilkar and Johanna [“Hanni”]) |
Practice | Co-founder of Artek |