For the love of art
Transmeri supports the community in various ways, with one of the most significant being our involvement with the Didrichsen Art Foundation. The Didrichsen Art Museum has consistently ranked among the ten most popular art museums in Finland for several years.
Transmeri’s founder and long-time CEO, Danish-born Gunnar Didrichsen, married Marie-Louise Granfelt in 1939. Art was a shared passion from the very beginning, and it was this love that gave birth to the Didrichsen Art Museum on Kuusisaari Island in Helsinki.
The Didrichsen Art Museum
National and international
The couple acquired all the museum’s artworks together, ensuring that each piece appealed to both of them. The collection includes Finnish visual art from the 20th century, featuring artists such as Gallen-Kallela, Cawén, Schjerfbeck, Särestöniemi, Linnovaara, Hiltunen, and Pullinen. International artists represented in the collection include Picasso, Kandinsky, Miró, Léger, Moore, Giacometti, and Arp.
Now, the foundation is managed by the second generation. The guiding principle of the museum remains the vision of Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen:
“We want our small museum to be a sanctuary for all things beautiful: nature, architecture, art, and music. And we hope it brings as much joy to visitors as it has brought to us.”
The Didrichsen Art Museum
Kuusilahdenkuja 1, 00340 Helsinki