Alma Pihl

Alma Pihl
Alma Pihl
Born	November 15, 1888; Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	July 15, 1976 (aged 87); Helsinki, Finland
Education	Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
Occupation(s)	Fabergé workmaster; designer
Notable work	Winter (Fabergé egg); Mosaic (Fabergé egg)
Father	Knut Oskar Pihl
Family	Oskar Pihl (brother); August Wilhelm Holmström (grandfather)

Alma Theresia Pihl-Klee (15 November 1888 in Moscow – 15 July 1976 in Helsinki) was one of the two female designers at Fabergé and one of the best known female Fabergé workmasters.

She was the daughter of Finnish goldsmith Knut Oskar Pihl [fi] (1860–1897), granddaughter of Fabergé head jeweler, August Holmström and the niece of Fabergé jewelry designer Hilma Alina Holmström (1875–1936)^[1] and sister of jeweler and goldsmith Oskar Woldemar Pihl. As a self-trained designer, she started to work for Fabergé in 1909.

She designed the famous Winter Easter Egg in 1913 and Mosaic Easter Egg in 1914, which now belongs to the collection of the UK Monarch in Great Britain, and also many pieces of fine jewelry of which the most famous is a collection of snowflake jewelry designed for Emanuel Nobel.

Pihl moved to Finland due to the Russian Revolution (1917–1923).^[2] Finland was part of the Russian Empire until the revolution, as the Grand Duchy of Finland.

References

^ Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (2011). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit [Fabergé’s Finnish masters] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 35. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1.
^ Grekula, Vesa (21 April 2019). "32-vuotias opettaja päätti pitää salaisuuden kuolemaansa asti – onnistui niin hyvin, ettei kotikylillä Suomessa vieläkään ymmärretä hänen olleen yksi maailman suurimmista taiteilijoista" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

Literature

Bainbridge, H. C.: Peter Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court. 1966.
Hill, Gerard & Smorodinova G. G. & Ulyanova, B. L.: Fabergé and the Russian master Goldsmiths. 2008.
Paro, Maj-Britt: Tant Almas hemlighet: Fabergékonstnären Alma Pihl. [Aunt Alma's Secret. Fabergé Artist Alma Pihl./ Biography in Swedish.] Helsingfors: Tore och Herdis Modeens stiftelse, 2012. ISBN 978-952-93-1573-4
Seppälä, Anu: Jääkukkia keisarinnalle: Alma Pihlin uskomaton elämä. [Ice Flowers for the Empress. The Unbelievable Life of Alma Pihl. / Biography in Finnish.] Helsinki: Ajatus Kirjat, 2003. ISBN 951-20-6352-2
Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla: Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit [Fabergé's Finnish masters]. Helsinki: Tammi, 2011. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1 (Lay summary in English.)

External links

Fabergé's rare gem: Alma Pihl on YouTube by the V and A

[1] Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla (2011). Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit [Fabergé’s Finnish masters] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 35. ISBN 978-951-31-5878-1.

[2] Grekula, Vesa (21 April 2019). "32-vuotias opettaja päätti pitää salaisuuden kuolemaansa asti – onnistui niin hyvin, ettei kotikylillä Suomessa vieläkään ymmärretä hänen olleen yksi maailman suurimmista taiteilijoista" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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v t e Fabergé eggs
Imperial Easter eggs (1885–1917)	First Hen also known as Jeweled Hen Hen with Sapphire Pendant also known as Egg with Hen in Basket Third Imperial Cherub with Chariot also known as Angel with Egg in Chariot Nécessaire Danish Palaces Memory of Azov Diamond Trellis Caucasus Renaissance Rosebud Blue Serpent Clock Twelve Monograms also known as Alexander III Portraits Rock Crystal also known as Revolving Miniatures Imperial Coronation Mauve Lilies-of-the-Valley Pelican also known as Dowager Bouquet of Lilies Clock also known as Madonna Lily Clock Pansy also known as Spinach Jade Trans-Siberian Railway Cockerel also known as Cuckoo Clock Basket of Flowers Gatchina Palace Clover Leaf Empire Nephrite Peter the Great Royal Danish also known as Danish Jubilee Moscow Kremlin also known as Uspenski Cathedral Swan Rose Trellis Cradle with Garlands also known as Love Trophies Alexander Palace Peacock Standart Yacht Alexander III Commemorative Colonnade Alexander III Equestrian Fifteenth Anniversary Bay Tree also known as Orange Tree Tsarevich Napoleonic Romanov Tercentenary Winter Mosaic Catherine the Great also known as Grisaille or Pink Cameo Red Cross with Triptych Red Cross with Imperial Portraits Steel Military Order of St. George Karelian Birch Constellation
Kelch eggs (1898–1904)	Hen Twelve Panel Pine Cone Apple Blossom also known as Jade Chest Rocaille Bonbonnière Chanticleer
Other Fabergé eggs	Blue Striped Enamel [ru] Clock [hy] Duchess of Marlborough also known as Pink Serpent Gorbachev Peace Lapis Lazuli Nobel's Ice Egg Resurrection Rose Quartz Rothschild Scandinavian also known as Quisling Spring Flowers Twilight [ru] Youssoupov [ru]
Fabergé workmasters	August Wilhelm Holmström Michael Perkhin Alma Pihl Henrik Wigström Victor Mayer
Related	Peter Carl Fabergé House of Fabergé Fabergé Museum (Baden-Baden) Fabergé Museum (Saint Petersburg)

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	United States Sweden Finland
Artists	ULAN