Aino Aalto
Finnish architect and designer (1894–1949)
Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto (born Aino Maria Mandelin; 25 January 1894 – 13 January 1949) was a Finnish architect and a pioneer of Scandinavian design. 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.2
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Born Jan 25, 1894, died Jan 13, 1949.1
About
As Artek's first artistic director, her creative output spanned textiles, lamps, glassware, and buildings. 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, the first of which was Aalto: Architecture and Furniture in 1938. Other major exhibitions were at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and Chelsea Space in London. Aino Aalto has been exhibited with Pablo Picasso.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedHelsinki University of Technology3
Career
Occupation: glass artist, designer, architect.5
Known for: Paimio Sanatorium, Villa Mairea.6
Personal life
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- 1WikidataAino Aalto on Wikidata
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- 12WikidataAino Aalto: spouse, on Wikidata
- 13WikidataArtek, Founder
- 14Wikimedia CommonsAino Aalto photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain