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Eva Anttila (March 30, 1894, Tampere - August 1, 1993 Espoo[1]) was a Finnish painter and textile artist. Her work was notable for using

Biography[edit]

Anttila was born on March 30, 1894 in Tampere, Finland[2] to Selma Anttila (née Helander), a writer, and Werner Anttila, a translator and publisher. [3] Her brother, Leo Anttila (1903-1967) was a writer.[4] She attended the school of the Finnish Art Society from 1913 to 1915 where she studied painting.[1] She later graduated from the Design Department of the School of Art and Design in 1917.[5] Anttila was married to Finnish painter Alexander Paischeff from 1917 to 1918.[4] She was later married to Finnish artist Arttu Brummer from 1921 to 1923.[4] Anttila had two children, daughter Eila Pajastie, born in 1918, and son Paavo Anttila, born in 1929.[4]

Weaving[6][edit]

In Anttila was awarded Textile Artist of the Year.[7]

Notable Works[edit]

  • Evening, 1949[8]
  • White Veil, 1950[9]
  • Profiles, 1952[10]
  • Finnish Forest, 1952[11]
Eva Anttila, 1972

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Eva Anttila". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Anttila, Eva (1894 - 1993)". National Biography of Finland. Retrieved November 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Korhonen, Juhani - Rantala, Risto (ed.):  Finnish Writers , p. 18. Helsinki: Otava, 2004. ISBN 951-1-19094-6 .
  4. ^ a b c d "41 (Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja) : Who's who in Finland / 1954)". runeberg.org (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  5. ^ "designforum.fi - Eva Anttila". web.archive.org. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  6. ^ Colburn, Mae (2014-03-16). "Weaving Outside the Lines". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  7. ^ Pallasmaa, Ullamaria (1983). "70 years working for textiles" (PDF). Form Function Finland. 2: 29–31.
  8. ^ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Hanging, Evening, 1949". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. ^ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Hanging, White Veil, 1950". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Hanging, Profiles, 1952". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. ^ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Hanging, Finnish Forest, 1952". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

Further Readings[edit]

Salo-Mattila, Kirsti, and Pekka Mattila. Picture Vs. Weave: Eva Anttila's Tapestry Art in the Continuum of the Genre. Helsinki: University of Helsinki, Dept. of Art History, 1997. Print.