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ID: 500006141
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006141
 
Record Type: Person
Saarinen, Eero (American architect, designer, 1910-1961)

Note: Son of Eliel Saarinen and Louise (Loja) Gesellius, the sculptor and weaver. Eero Saarinen emigrated with his family to the United States in 1923. He attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France, (1929 -1930/1931), studied architecture at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, and worked in his father's architectural firm, Saarinen and Saarinen, in Ann Arbor, Michigan (1936/1937-1941). He was partner with his father and J. Robert Swanson as Saarinen-Swanson-Saarinen in Ann Arbor (1941-1947) and partner with his father as Saarinen and Associates in Ann Arbor (1947-1950). He directed Eero Saarinen and Associates, Birmingham, Michigan, 1950-1961. He acted as a consultant for the Architects Advisory Panel for the Unesco buildings (built 1955-1958) in Paris, France. American architect.

Names:
Saarinen, Eero (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
Saarinen, Eero (Finnish-P,NA)
Eero Saarinen (V,display)
סרינן, אירו (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
Finnish

Roles:
artist (preferred)
designer
architect
furniture designer

Gender: male

Events:
active:   United States (North and Central America) (nation)
active:   Finland (Europe) (nation)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
associate of ....  James, Frederic  
......................  (American painter, 1915-1985) [500705148]
child of ....  Saarinen, Eliel  
..............  (Finnish architect, 1873-1950, active in the United States) [500027014]
employee of ....  Eklund, Jarl  
....................  (Finnish architect, 1876-1962) [500069436]
employee was ....  Pelli, Cesar  
......................  (American architect and teacher, 1926-2019, born in Argentina) [500023533]
founder of ....  Eero Saarinen & Associates  
..................  (American architectural firm, active 1950-1961) [500119694]
member of ....  Saarinen, Saarinen and Associates  
................  (American architectural partnership, active 1947-1950) [500229797]
member of ....  Saarinen, Swanson, Saarinen  
................  (American architectural partnership, active 1941-1947) [500229808]
partner of ....  Saarinen, Eliel  1941-1950
..................  (Finnish architect, 1873-1950, active in the United States) [500027014]
partner of ....  Swanson, J. Robert F.  1941-1947
..................  (American architect, active late 20th century) [500113110]
related to ....  Saarinen and Saarinen  
..................  (Finnish architectural firm, contemporary) [500291347]
worked with ....  Birkerts, Gunnar  
....................  (American architect, 1925-2017, born in Latvia) [500003986]
worked with ....  Roche, Kevin  
....................  (American architect, 1922-2019, born in Ireland) [500032415]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Saarinen, Eero (I)

Biographies:
(American architect, designer, 1910-1961) ..... [BHA Preferred]
(American architect, 1910-1961) ..... [AVERY]
(American and Finnish architect, furniture designer and designer, born Kirkonummi (Finland), 1910; died Ann Arbor (Michigan, United States), 1961) ..... [CCA]
(1910-1961; Architect, Finland, United States of America) ..... [FDA]
(American architect, 1910-1961) ..... [AVERY]
(American architect, born Finland, 1910-1961) ..... [IMJ]
(American artist, born Finland. 1910-1961) ..... [MoMA]
(Finnish architect, 1910-) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
סרינן, אירו ........ [IMJ]
......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
Eero Saarinen ........ [CCA, MoMA]
............................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
............................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
Saarinen, Eero ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, FDA Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, NGA-US, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred]
..............................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..............................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..............................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
..............................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50016251
..............................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..............................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000) Subject, 1988
..............................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 235185

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CCA, FDA, Gallery Systems, IMJ, MoMA, RKD, VP]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Avery Obituary Index [n.d.]
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
....................  Clark Art Institute Library
....................  Contemporary Architects (1987)
....................  Contemporary Architects [n.d.]
....................  Emanuel, Contemporary Architects (1994)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n50016251
....................  Hervé and Evans, Unesco headquarters in Paris (1958)
....................  Hervé, Le Siège de l'Unesco (1962) 8-9
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n50016251
....................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982) v.3, p.625 ff.
....................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000) Subject, 1988
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 235185
....................  Spade, Eero Saarinen (1971) 125-126
....................  Temko, Eero Saarinen (1962) 123
....................  Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (2002-)
....................  Who Was Who in America (1943-) 1961
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q167073
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CCA, VP]
.......... Contemporary Architects [n.d.]
.......... Emanuel, Contemporary Architects (1994) 826
.......... Hervé, Le Siège de l'Unesco (1962)
.......... Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982) 625, 629
.......... Spade, Eero Saarinen (1971)
.......... Temko, Eero Saarinen (1962)
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