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Place of Birth: Porin maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, Finland
About Maire Gullichsen
- Maire Eva Johanna Gullichsen (née Ahlström, later known as Gullichsen-Nyströmer, 24 June 1907, Porin maalaiskunta – 9 July 1990, Pori) was a Finnish art collector and patron.
- She was a co-founder of the Artek furniture company.
- Pori Art Museum is based on Gullichsen's art collection.
- Gullichsen was the daughter of Finnish businessman Walter Ahlström.
- Gullichsen's grandfather was Antti Ahlström, one of Finland's most influential and wealthiest 19th century businessman.
- She studied art in Helsinki and in Paris between 1925 and 1928 and got married in 1928 to Harry Gullichsen, a Finnish director of Norwegian descent working at the Ahlstrom company.
- Maire and Harry Gullichsen were supporters and a keen lovers of modern art as well as applied arts and architecture.In 1935 Gullichsen established the Free Art School, a private art school in Helsinki, where she also was a student.
- She was also one of the founders of Artek, along with architects Alvar and Aino Aalto and art historian Nils-Gustav Hahl.
- One of Alvar Aalto's most important works is Villa Mairea in Noormarkku, designed for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in 1938.
- Today it is one of the internationally best-known architectural sights in Finland.
- One of the key rooms of the house is Maire Gullichsen's private painting studio on the upper floor, with a view over the main approach to the house.
- During her late years Gullichsen was intent on establishing an art museum in Pori.
- It was finally inaugurated in 1979.
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