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Eliel Saarinen
[Finnish-born American Designer and Architect, 1873-1950]
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Museums and Public Art Galleries:
 Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Alexander Hamilton Memorial (Proposal)
Eliel Saarinen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Prototype Tea Service, ca.1933-35 (Zoom)
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
3 works by or related to the artist
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Info about the museums's Saarinen House and Garden
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
2 works online
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Eliel Saarinen at the The British Museum, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project
First Christian Church
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project
Cranbrook Academy
PBase Photo Sharing
(Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Eliel Saarinen 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
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The Search for Form in Art and Architecture
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