Didrichsen Art Museum
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| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Location | Helsinki, Finland |
| Completed | 1965, 1967 |
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| Architect(s) | Viljo Revell |
Didrichsen Art Museum(Finnish:Didrichsenin taidemuseo,Swedish:Didrichsens konstmuseum) is an artmuseuminHelsinki,Finland.
History[edit]
The art museum was founded by Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen, who asked Finnish architectViljo Revellto build the first of two phases in 1958 and again in 1965.[1]
The modernist buildings are built to the contours of the land and surrounded by trees.
Location[edit]
The museum is located on the island ofKuusisaari.The founders have since died and are buried within the compound of the museum.[2]
Further reading[edit]
- Minna Törmä,Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects(Routledge, 2020).ISBN9781138351806
References[edit]
- ^"The Didrichsen Art Museum - Didrichsenin taidemuseo".www.didrichsenmuseum.fi.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-17.
- ^"The Didrichsen Art Museum - Didrichsenin taidemuseo".www.didrichsenmuseum.fi.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-17.
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