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Didrichsen Art Museum

Coordinates: 60°11′7″N 24°51′23″E / 60.18528°N 24.85639°E / 60.18528; 24.85639
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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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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60°11′7″N 24°51′23″E / 60.18528°N 24.85639°E / 60.18528; 24.85639