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Loja Saarinen, de nacimiento Loja Gesellius (Helsinki, Finlandia, 15 de marzo de 1879 - 21 de abril de 1968) fue una artista textil, escultora y paisajista finlandesa-estadounidense que creó el departamento de textil en la Academia de Arte de Cranbrook en Michigan.
- Loja
- Minna Carolina Louise Gesellius y Minna Carolina Louise Gesellius
Textile art, weaving, sculpture. Spouse. Eliel Saarinen. Children. Eero Saarinen. Pipsan Saarinen Swanson. Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise "Loja" Gesellius (March 15, 1879 – April 21, 1968) was a Finnish-American textile artist and sculptor. She founded the weaving department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.
- April 21, 1968 (aged 89)
Loja Saarinen. March 16, 1879 – April 21, 1968. Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius was the fifth daughter of Hermann Otto Gesellius, a food importer, and Emilie Karoline Auguste Struckmann. Loja’s parents emigrated from Germany to Finland, and she was born in the latter’s capital city, Helsinki.
Born Louise Gesellius, in Helsinki, Finland, Loja Saarinen is known today primarily as a weaver—a legacy that she helped to define but which mischaracterizes her many roles at Cranbrook. An artist in her own right when she married architect Eliel Saarinen in 1904, she studied at the Art School of the Finnish Academy in Helsinki ...
28 de abr. de 2022 · Loja Saarinen was a Finnish-American textile artist and sculptor who founded the weaving department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She also led her own studio, the Studio Loja Saarinen, which designed many of the textiles used in buildings designed by her husband, the architect Eliel Saarinen.
- Helsingfors
- "Louise Gesellius"
- Eliel Saarinen
- March 15, 1879
15 de mar. de 2021 · March 15th, 2021. Studio Loja Saarinen’s Swedish Weavers, circa 1931. Image Credit: Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Loja Saarinen, wife of Eliel Saarinen and mother of Eero Saarinen, also had an integral part in the early years of the Cranbrook community’s development.
Loja Saarinen (1879-1968) was a Finnish-American textile artist and sculptor who founded the weaving department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She also led her own studio, the Studio Loja Saarinen, which designed many of the textiles used in buildings designed by her husband, the architect Eliel Saarinen. Read more from Wikipedia →.
