Alma Pihl Explained

Alma Pihl
Birth Date:15 November 1888
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian Empire
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland
Occupation:Fabergé workmaster
designer
Family:Oskar Pihl (brother)
August Wilhelm Holmström (grandfather)
Father:Knut Oskar Pihl

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 (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.

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  1. Book: Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla. Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit . Fabergé’s Finnish masters. Tammi . 2011 . 978-951-31-5878-1 . Helsinki . 35 . Finnish.
  2. Web site: 32-vuotias opettaja päätti pitää salaisuuden kuolemaansa asti – onnistui niin hyvin, ettei kotikylillä Suomessa vieläkään ymmärretä hänen olleen yksi maailman suurimmista taiteilijoista . Grekula . Vesa . 21 April 2019 . . fi . 30 December 2021.