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- Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ ˈsɑːrɪnən /, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen.
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Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n /, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.
Eliel Saarinen, one of the foremost architects and urban planners of his generation in Finland before moving to the United States, where he influenced modern architecture, particularly skyscraper and church design.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 20, 2017 · Though some may now know him only as the father of Eero Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was an accomplished and style-defining architect in his own right.
Aug 20, 2018 · Eliel Saarinen, born in Finland 1873, was arguably the northern nation’s “ most noted early modernist architect ” and worked at the forefront of the Finnish offshoot of National Romanticism....
- Tom Dobbins
Eliel Saarinen became a professor at the University of Michigan’s Architecture Department and received the AIA Gold Medal in 1947. The Saarinens’ son Eero Saarinen became one of the leading American architects of the mid 20th century.
Eliel Saarinen developed the art of drawing into its zenith during his American period. In Finland, the best examples of this skill are his sketches for banknotes. They aroused heated debate, for the naked figures he suggested were highly unconventional motifs at the time, especially in banknotes.
Eliel Saarinen achieved international fame at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries as a designer of art nouveau buildings in Finland. The directions of growth outlined in his urban planning for Helsinki have become reality only recently.