Among the most popular tourist attractions in Helsinki, the visitors should come to see The Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki that houses various works of art and paintings of the 20 Century. The Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki was created by the Didrichsen family to show their love for the work of art.
The Didrichsen Art Museum has a significant collection of Finnish paintings dated from the 20th Century and includes Schjerfbeck and Ederfelt. Tourists and travelers coming to this Didrichsen Art Museum in the city of Helsinki will get to see the marvelous works of great painters like Picasso, Kandinsky, Giacometti and Arp. The museum also houses the only pre-Columbian artworks exhibited in Finland and the Chinese artworks from the Ming dynasty.
The Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki was built as a product a love for art and an attempt to honor the art-lovers. All the lovely pieces were bought by Marie Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen. You will also get to see the works of such famous artists like, Cawen, Schjerfbeck, Sarestoniemi, Linnovaara, Hiltunen and Pullinen.
As you come to explore and view the various magnificent paintings kept inside the Didrichsen Art Museum, tourists can also get to see Finland's only Pre-Columbian art collection, which is situated in the basement of the museum. Here, you will find Oriental art as well.
The Pre-Columbian art collection showcases highly developed Indo-American culture in Mesoamerica and the Andean area of South America from 2000 BC to the 14th Century AD. You will find following cultures represented in the collections such as, Olmec, Jalisco, Colima and Maya.
The Oriental art collection is mainly dominated by the Chinese art from the Shang dynasty to the Ming-dynasty that flourished between 1368 and 1644. The collection of the Didrichsen Art Museum also includes artworks from the Far and Near East.
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