Gesellius,_Lindgren_&_Saarinen

Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen

Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen

Finnish architectural firm, 1896 - 1905

Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen was a Finnish architecture firm, founded in Helsinki in 1896 by architects Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen.[1][2][3]

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Armas Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen and Herman Gesellius in the late 1890s (with Albertina Östman)

They achieved international recognition with their design for the Finnish pavilion at the Paris World Expo in 1900, designed in the then prevailing Art Nouveau style. In 1901–1904 the three architects designed and built an extensive studio home for themselves and their families called Hvitträsk, in the rural community of Kirkkonummi by the Vitträsk [fi] lake.[4] In 1905 the company ceased operations and the National Museum of Finland was their last work. Its construction was monitored by Lindgren alone.[5]

Major works

Finnish Pavilion at the Paris 1900 Exposition

  • Design of the pavilion, 1898
  • Construction workers
  • The pavilion at the exposition, 1900
  • Drawing featured in the Le Petit Journal
  • Drawing of the pavilion
  • Entrance
  • Finnish personnel on the roof, with bears by Emil Wikström
  • Interior with construction workers
  • Paintings on the walls

Other works

References

  1. [1]
    Nikula, Riitta (11 October 2005). "Lindgren, Armas (1874 - 1929)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    Wäre, Ritva (14 August 2015). "Saarinen, Eliel (1873 - 1950)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    Wäre, Ritva (20 October 2002). "Gesellius, Herman (1874 - 1916)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen: Kansallismuseo". University of Jyväskylä. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. [5]
    Korvenmaa, Pekka. "Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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