Didrichsen Art Museum

Didrichsen Art Museum
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General information
Architectural styleModernist
LocationHelsinki, Finland
Completed1965, 1967
Design and construction
Architect(s)Viljo Revell

Didrichsen Art Museum (Finnish: Didrichsenin taidemuseo, Swedish: Didrichsens konstmuseum) is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland.

History

The art museum was founded by Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen, who asked Finnish architect Viljo Revell to 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

The museum is located on the island of Kuusisaari. The founders have since died and are buried within the compound of the museum.[2]

Further reading

  • Minna Törmä, Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects (Routledge, 2020). ISBN 9781138351806

References

  1. ^ "The Didrichsen Art Museum - Didrichsenin taidemuseo". www.didrichsenmuseum.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17.
  2. ^ "The Didrichsen Art Museum - Didrichsenin taidemuseo". www.didrichsenmuseum.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17.

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