Artist
Eliel Saarinen
Finnish and American, 1873–1950
Eliel Saarinen was a Finnish and American artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Finnish Architecture.
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was a Finnish and American architect, designer, and urban planner. Saarinen worked in a diverse range of styles in his native Finland and, after emigrating in 1923, the United States. He was the father of architect Eero Saarinen and designer Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. Through his rejected 1922 design of the Chicago Tribune building he indirectly played a significant role in the influence and development of Art Deco architecture.
Collections represented
Museum