Master of constructivism
Finnish artist, painter and printmaker Paavo Kauramäki, born
in Helsinki 1929, was among those artists who moved in to the
Myllypuro Artist Village in September 1973. Since then he has been
one of the leading forces in our society, always bringing the good
spirit.
Paavo Kauramäki's long and successful career has made him very
influential artist in Finnish Art and Culture life. Since years 1960 having
completed his studies at Helsinki’s nationally acclaimed
institute, the Art Industrial college, he started to develop his
very own style on the field of constructive painting.
During 1970-90 Paavo Kauramäki worked as the leading colour
designer at the Tikkurila Colour Industry. He worked a lot with
architects designing urban planning. He gave very vivid, lively
outlook to the Kontula
district in eastern Helsinki and to the Kaukajärvi district
in Tampere. He participated also Mäntyharju, Kaskinen and
Uusikaupunki town urban plannings as colour designer. Several of
the old wooden railway stations in Finland
has got new colour image after Paavo Kauramäki's work. |