Artist's arttributes:
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Design, Architecture |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Country |
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| Finland | 20 |
| USA | 10 |
| Germany | 8 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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| Institution |
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Alvar Aalto Museum, Finland |
17 |
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MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, USA |
4 |
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Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Italy |
2 |
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Vitra Design Museum, Germany |
2 |
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Chelsea space - Chelsea College of Art and Design, United Kingdom |
2 |
Biography: 
3.2.1898 Born in Kuortane (FI)
11.5.1976 Died in Helsinki (FI)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 75 
Solo shows 39
2012
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| The Worker’s Hand - HIAP Project Room - Cable Factory, Helsinki |
2011
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| "Paris glass" - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
2010
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| In Sand gezeichnet: Entwürfe von Alvar Aalto - Ulmer Museum, Ulm |
2008
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| In Sand gezeichnet - Nicht realisierte Entwürfe von Alvar Aalto - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
2007
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| Alvar Aalto - Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban - Barbican Art Gallery, London (England) |
2006
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| Speakers at Work; Exhibition of the International Alvar Aalto Symposium - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Casas de Alvar Aalto - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
2005
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| Alvar Aalto - Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn |
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| The story of Shiraz and other unrealised tales by Alvar Aalto - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Alvar Aalto - Museum of Contemporary Art Banja Luka, Banja Luka |
2004
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| As built - as might have been - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
2003
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| Alvar Aalto - Bohuslän Museum & Konsthallen, Uddevalla |
2002
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| Public light - Light fittings by Alvar Aalto - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
2001
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| Alvar Aalto - Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera, Prague |
1999
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| "Trinitas" - Ecclesiastical buildings by Alvar Aalto - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Chairs - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Alvar Aalto - Architecture, design - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
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| New deliveries in Aalto Collections - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Alvar Aalto - Visiones urbanas - Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid |
1998
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| Aalto in Lapland - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Alvar Aalto - Arquitecto - Casa da Cerca - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada |
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| Alvar Aalto - Centro Internazionale d'Arte e di Cultura di Palazzo Te, Mantova |
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| ALVAR AALTO - POINTS OF CONTACT - Rovaniemen taidemuseo / Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi |
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| Alvar Aalto - Pori Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori |
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| Alvar Aalto - Between Humanism and Materialism - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1996
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| Alvar Aalto - Wellington City Gallery, Wellington |
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| Alvar Aalto: Points of Contact - Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland |
1994
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| Alvar Aalto - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
1992
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| En contact avec Alvar Aalto - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne |
1989
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| Alvar Aalto - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales - MNAV, Montevideo |
1988
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| Alvar Aalto - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1985
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| Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL |
1984
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| Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1981
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| Alvar Aalto - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY |
1979
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| Alvar Aalto - das architektonische Werk - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| Alvar Aalto - das architektonische Werk - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn |
1969
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| Alvar Aalto - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
1964
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| Alvar Alto - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
1938
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| Alvar Aalto: Architecture and Furniture - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
Group shows 36
2012
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| Scandinavian Design - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
2011
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| #40 Ideal Home - Chelsea space - Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (England) |
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| Morada ecológica - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| I Do Like Drawings - von Bartha Garage, Basel |
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| I Do Like Drawings - von Bartha Collection, Basel |
2010
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| Alvar Aalto & Ola Kolehmainen - Galería SENDA, Barcelona |
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| Alvar Aalto & Ola Kolehmainen - galeria SENDA-espai 2NOU2, Barcelona |
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| Alvar Aalto & Viljo Hirvonen & Valaistustyö Ky - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Estrelas do Design Finlandes - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Sitting Pretty - Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (Wales) |
2009
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| INTO THE WOODS: An Exploration of iittala - Chelsea space - Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (England) |
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| T-Tris : Un « jeu » de construction entre les collections de la Province de Hainaut, du Muhka et du Mudam - B.P.S.22 - Espace de Création Contemporaine, Charleroi |
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| Cool Dozen + - Design Museum Gent, Gent |
2008
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| Dalla Presitoria al Futuro. Capolavori dalla collezione Bischofsberger - Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin |
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| Alexander von Vegesack Collecting Design - Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin |
2007
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| My First Chair - Gallery Seomi, Seoul |
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| Nature Design - Von Inspiration zu Innovation - Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zurich |
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| TOMORROW NOW - when design meets science fiction - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| europe.art - Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia |
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| screen[ing] architecture 2 - aut. architektur und tirol, Innsbruck |
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| Modernism - Designing a New World 1914-1939 - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
2006
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| Far-off Deceitful World? - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Art & Technology. Moments in Artek history - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
2005
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| Architekturfotografien der Sammlung Alberto Sartoris - Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein |
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| La Tour de Soleil. Alvar Aalto and architectural competitions for the Pärnu spa - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
2003
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| Designmuseen der Welt zu Gast - Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| 100 years - 100 chairs - Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Museum voor oude en moderne kunst, Enschede |
2001
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| Golden Bell and Beehive - Light fittings by Alvar and Aino Aalto - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
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| Maija Holma - Alvar Aalto: "A Gentler Structure for Life" Photographs - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
2000
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| House of Culture, Alvar Aalto: Process and Culture - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
1999
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| 100 Jahre 100 Stühle - Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein |
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| Decorative Arts from the Philadelphia Museum of Art - The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
1998
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| Wijnanda Deroon - Photographs of the Viipuri Library - Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä |
1997
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| Scandinavian Design 1930-1980 - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
1977
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| Tendenzen der 20er Jahre - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
1950
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| Three Modern Styles - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
Dealer Directory 8 |
Belgium
| | Jacques Dewindt, Brussels
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Denmark
| | Galerie Dansk Møbelkunst, Copenhagen
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France
| | Dansk Moebelkunst - Paris, Paris
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| | Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
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Italy
Sweden
USA
| | R 20th Century Design, New York City, NY
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Collections 15

Australia
| | Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
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| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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Colombia
| | Museo de Arte del Banco de la República - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogota
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Finland
| | Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
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Germany
| | Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne
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Luxembourg
| | MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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Netherlands
United Kingdom
| | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton (England)
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| | Design Museum, London (England)
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USA
| | Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
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| | Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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| | Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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