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Vihtori Yrjö Saarinen (December 13, 1899 Rauhanniemi, Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä - 9 January 1958) was a Finnish painter. Saarinen did not attend art schools and traveled abroad, gaining inspiration, but seeking his own way. Livelihood brought him a shield professional painter.
Saarinen went to elementary school and käsityöläiskoulun. He participated in the Finnish Artists exhibitions between the years 1937-1953. Saarinen's work was also featured in foreign exhibitions in Sweden, Norway and Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. The writer Mika Waltari visited 1942 Saarinen's paintings Union Street Art salon. He began to collect art Saarinen's own collection of art and wrote an essay DEAL Saarinen Yearbook of Art in 1945. Waltari also supported taloudellsesti Islands.
Saarinen lived at first in Jyväskylä and then in Hyvinkää, Finland since 1929. Hyvinkää Art Museum is maintained by Professor Carl-Erik Sonck collected by Yrjö Saarinen's art collection, which includes 60 paintings and 200 drawings.
Saarinen ekpressionistiselle art was characterized by a strong use of color. He painted portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Saarinen received in his time also the reputation of erotic portraits of women.
Saarinen was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 1955 and the State artist's pension.
Saarinen's spouse was Signe Emerentia (Meeri) O.S. Rock. His parents were a blacksmith Johan Victor and Emma Saarinen O.S. Rock. (Google translation of https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Saarinen) undefined