Herman Gesellius
Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius (16 January 1874 – 24 March 1916) was a Finnish architect.
Also recorded as Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius
Herman Gesellius
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- Born
- 1874.
- Died
- 1916.
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Finland.
- Occupation
- architect.
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Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius (16 January 1874 – 24 March 1916) was a Finnish architect.
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Gesellius graduated from the Polytechnical Institute in 1897. In 1896 he founded the architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen with Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen. His younger sister was the sculptor Loja Gesellius, who later married Saarinen. The most famous work projected under his own name is the Wuorio House ("Wuorion talo") at Unioninkatu 30, Helsinki. Gesellius designed it from 1908 to 1909, and Lindgren completed it from 1913 to 1914. It also features sculptures by Felix Nylund. Gesellius withdrew from architectural work in 1912 because of a serious illness. He died in 1916 from a tuberculotic disease.
Works with Lindgren and Saarinen
Works with Lindgren and Saarinen
Thalberg House in Helsinki (1897–1898) Finnish Pavilion at Exposition Universelle in 1900, Paris Pohjola Insurance building in Helsinki (1900–1901) House of Physicians, now Agronomitalo, in Helsinki (1900–1901) Hvitträsk, home-atelier of architects in Kirkkonummi (1901–1904) National Museum of Finland in Helsinki (1905–1910) Club house for the Luther factory in Tallinn (1904–1905) Vyborg railway station (1904–1913), with Saarinen
The names Herman Gesellius, Eliel Saarinen and Loja Saarinen engraved on their gravestone, in Hvitträsk.
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Herman Gesellius, Daniel Nyblin - Architects Lindgren, Saarinen, Östman and Gesellius
Daniel Nyblin · https: finna.fi/Record/musketti.M012:HK19670529:2
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1874
Herman Gesellius born at Helsinki.
1916
Herman Gesellius died at Kirkkonummi.
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- 1.Herman Gesellius. Museum of Finnish Architecture.
- 2.Wäre, Ritva. Gesellius, Herman (1874 - 1916). Kansallisbiografia. 20 October 2002.
- 3.Gesellius, Herman. Biografiskt lexikon för Finland.
- 4.Leukumaavaara, Suvi. Herman Gesellius - Technique in the Service of Beauty. 2014.
- 5.Wäre, Ritva. Saarinen, Eliel (1873–1950). Kansallisbiografia. August 14, 2015.
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