Aalto, Alvar

From: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art | Date: 1999| Author: IAN CHILVERS | Copyright information

Aalto, Alvar (1898–1976). Finnish architect, designer, sculptor, and painter. Aalto is principally renowned as one of the greatest architects of the 20th century, but he was also an important furniture designer and a talented abstract sculptor and painter. His early buildings were predominantly in the sleek International Modern style (see MODERN MOVEMENT), but he developed a much freer and more expressive manner. He had an inte...

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