Eva Anttila

Eva Anttila (March 30, 1894, Tampere – August 1, 1993 Espoo ) was a Finnish painter and textile artist. Her work was notable for applying techniques of painting to her textile works and creating pictorial scenes.

Biography Anttila was born on March 30, 1894, in Tampere, Finland to Selma Anttila (née Helander), a writer, and Werner Anttila, a translator and publisher. Her brother, Leo Anttila (1903-1967) was a writer. She attended the school of the Finnish Art Society from 1913 to 1915 where she studied painting. Anttila was married to Finnish painter Alexander Paischeff from 1917 to 1918 and Finnish artist Arttu Brummer from 1921 to 1923.

Art Anttila was a recognized painter in Finland in the 1910s, before later shifting to textile work.

After World War II, Anttila solely focused on designing tapestries. She designed Work and Life, a nearly five meter long tapestry that depicted the shift from an agrarian society into a society focused on education and technological advancement that took place in post-war Finland.

In 1983 Anttila was awarded Textile Artist of the Year by TEXO, the Finnish Association for Textile Artists and Designers. Over 70 of her tapestries were displayed in this exhibition. White Veil, 1950 Profiles, 1952 Finnish Forest, 1952 Work and Life, 1952