Harry Gullichsen

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Harry Gullichsen was a Finnish industrialist and prominent art patron known for commissioning modernist works, including Alvar Aalto’s celebrated Villa Mairea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art patron
human
architectOfCommissionedWork Aino Aalto NERFINISHED
Alvar Aalto NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ahlström family NERFINISHED
Alvar Aalto NERFINISHED
Finnish art scene
Maire Gullichsen NERFINISHED
commissioned Villa Mairea NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Finland NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Finland
employer Ahlström (A. Ahlström Osakeyhtiö) NERFINISHED
era 20th century
fieldOfActivity architecture patronage
art patronage
industry
genreOfPatronage modern architecture
modern art
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish
Swedish
movementSupported Finnish modernist architecture
modernism
notableFor patronage of Alvar Aalto
support of modernist art and architecture in Finland
notableProject development of Villa Mairea as a modernist residence
notableResidence Noormarkku industrial community NERFINISHED
notableWork Villa Mairea (as commissioner) NERFINISHED
occupation art patron
industrialist
placeOfSignificance Noormarkku, Finland NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism (implied, typical for Finnish industrial families of the era)
residence Villa Mairea NERFINISHED
roleInIndustry leading figure in Finnish forest and paper industry
spouse Maire Gullichsen NERFINISHED

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Villa Mairea client Harry Gullichsen