Kardinaali (Cardinal)

Tall rectangle with two red diamonds on the horizontal middle line that have alternating shades of red and dark red emanating from them
Catalog #: 
36
Date: 
20th Century
Artist: 
Kaarna, Maisa
Subject Matter: 
Non-Objective

Medium: Rya rug, wool and cotton
Edition: 
Size: 60 x 52 in.
Location: Outside N283 LC
Donor: Donated by E.F. Lindquist; conservation and exhibition generously supported by Professor Emeritus H. Dee and Myrene Hoover.

About the Artwork

This rug was manufactured by Suomen Käsityön Ystävät in Helsinki, Finland.

Bibliography

"Maisa Kaarna." Villa Roosa, http://www.villaroosa.fi/kesanayttely2011/68

Keywords: 
Suomen Käsityön Ystävät, Mark Rothko, Non-Objective, Textile

More about Maisa Kaarna

Nationality: 
Swedish
Biography: 

Maisa Kaarna and her husband bought former factory and turned it into their studio, Villa Roosa. Kaarna's brightly colored rugs share an interest in color relationships and composition with Mark Rothko's abstract painting. The similarity was pure coincidence, but Kaarna was pleased when she first saw Rothko's paintings: "My surprise and my delights was great! After all, they were just like a rug sketches."*

"Maisa Kaarna," Villa Roosa, http://www.villaroosa.fi/kesanayttely2011/68