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 a co-founder of the design company Artek and as a collaborator on its most well-known designs. As Artek's first artistic director, her creative output spanned textiles, lamps, glassware, and buildings. It has been discovered that it was Aino who completed the first work commissioned through Artek which was the Viipuri Library in 1935. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York,and the MoMA has included her work in nine exhibitions. Aino Aalto’s first exhibition was Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Design for Use at MoMA in 1944. Other major exhibitions were at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and Chelsea Space in London. Aino Aalto has been exhibited with Pablo Picasso.
Aalto, Aino (1894 - 1949) [no]
Aalto, Aino (norwegian bokmål), Aalto, Aino (swedish)
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Aalto, Aino
Norwegian bokmål
Aalto, Aino
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Aino
Norwegian bokmål
Aino
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Aalto
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Aalto
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Aino Aalto
Aino Alto var en finsk arkitekt og designer som arbeidet innenfor glass-, tekstil- og møbelkunst. Hun var i tillegg medarbeider hos ektemannen Alvar Aalto. Sammen med ham tegnet hun innredninger og møbler, blant annet til Villa Mairea ved Pori (1938–1939). Hennes mest kjente design er en serie dr...
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25/01/1894
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13/01/1949
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