Aino Aalto | |
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| Born | Aino Maria Mandelin 25 January 1894 |
| Died | 13 January 1949 (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 |
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] 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,[5] the first of which was Aalto: Architecture and Furniture in 1938.[6] Other major exhibitions were at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and Chelsea Space in London. Aino Aalto has been exhibited with Pablo Picasso.[7]
- ^ From 1906 onwards the family was known as Marsio
- ^ Aino Aalto - The British Museum
- ^ Jari Jetsonen; Jetsonen Sirkkaliisa (20 March 2008). Finnish Summer Houses. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-56898-752-1.
- ^ Lucy Ryder, Richardson (8 December 2016). 102 Midcentury Chairs: and their stories. Pavilion Books. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-1-911216-80-3.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Aino Aalto | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Aalto: Architecture and Furniture. | MoMA" (PDF). The Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition catalogue notes that after the marriage of Alvar and Aino Marsio in 1925 "all works after this date are in collaboration with Mrs. Aalto" (sic).
- ^ "Aino Aalto | Artist". ArtFacts.