Didrichsen Art Museum ( fi, Didrichsenin taidemuseo, sv, Didrichsens konstmuseum) is an art
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
in
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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.
History
The art museum was founded by Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen, who asked Finnish architect
Viljo Revell
Viljo Gabriel Revell (25 January 1910 – 8 November 1964) was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. In Finland he is best known for the design of the Lasipalatsi ("Glass Palace") and Palace Hotel, both in Helsinki. Internationally, ...
to build the first of two phases in 1958 and again in 1965.
Revell also request the complex to have a sculpture, Archer, added by
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi- abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Moore produced ...
in 1967; Moore and Revell worked together in the design of
Toronto City Hall
The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in ...
, which also features the Archer sculpture.
The modernist buildings are built to the contours of the land and surrounded by trees.
Location
The museum is located on the island of
Kuusisaari
Kuusisaari (Finnish), Granö (Swedish) is an island and a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders ...
. The founders have since died and are buried within the compound of the museum.
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Image:Didrichsenin taidemuseo.jpg
Further reading
* Minna Törmä,
Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects' (Routledge, 2020).
References
External links
* http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/eng/
Museums in Helsinki
Art museums and galleries in Finland
Mesoamerican art museums
Munkkiniemi
1965 establishments in Finland
Museums established in 1965
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