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(b. Kirkkonummi, Finland 1910;
d. Ann Arbour, Michigan 1961)
Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi,
Finland in 1910. He studied in Paris
and at Yale
University, after which he joined his father, Eliel Saarinen's, practice. Eero
initially pursued sculpture as his art of choice. After a year in art
school, he decided to become an architect instead. Much of his work shows
a relation to sculpture.
Saarinen developed a remarkable range which
depended on color, form and materials. Saarinen showed a marked dependence
on innovative structures and sculptural forms, but not at the cost of
pragmatic considerations. He easily moved back and forth between the
International Style and Expressionism, utilizing a vocabulary of curves
and cantilevered forms.
Eero Saarinen died in Ann Arbour, Michigan
in 1961.
References
Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991.
ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p132-133
Muriel Emmanuel. Contemporary
Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4.
NA680.C625 1980.
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