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ID: 500002617
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Record Type: Person |
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Aalto, Alvar (Finnish architect and designer, 1898-1976)
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Note: Aalto, famous for his bent plywood furniture, began designing furniture in the early 1930s. His furniture, like his architecture, reveals his attention to simple practical needs, a proclivity for linear elegance, and an innate understanding of natural forms and textures. His famous library at Viipuri (ca. 1927) is in the International Modern style. He also designed some significant glass bowls in the 1930s that are among the earliest examples of 'free form' in a utilitarian object. |
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Finnish (preferred) |
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Scandinavian |
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artist (preferred) |
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decorative artist(s) |
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designer |
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furniture designer |
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glass designer |
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architect |
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Related People or Corporate Bodies: |
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| assisted by .... |
Revell, Viljo 1933-1934 |
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(Finnish architect, 1910-1964) [500018880] |
| employee was .... |
Ervi, Aarne |
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(Finnish architect, 1910-1977) [500063829] |
| employee was .... |
Gullichsen, Kristian |
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(Finnish architect, born 1932) [500083757] |
| related to .... |
Artek |
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(Finnish company, contemporary) [500261915] |
| spouse of .... |
Mäkiniemi, Elissa from 1952 |
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(Finnish architect, 1922-1994) [500002611] |
| student of .... |
Lindgren, Armas |
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(Finnish architect and designer, 1874-1929) [500004960] |
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Baruël, Jean Jacques |
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(Danish architect, born 1923) [500108109] |
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Biographies:
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(Finnish architect and designer, 1898-1976) ..... [BHA Preferred]
(artist, 1898-1976) ..... [GRL]
(Finnish architect, 1898-1976) ..... [Grove Art]
(Finnish architect, 1898-1976) ..... [AVERY]
(Finnish architect) ..... [AVERY]
(Finnish architect, 1898-1976) ..... [AVERY]
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