Nina Sailo | |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1906 |
Nina Sailo (née Stünkel; 26 July 1906 – 15 November 1998) was a sculptor from Finland.[1]
Nina Stünkel studied in Vyborg, Helsinki and London. In 1932 she became a private student of sculptor Alpo Sailo, whom she later married. They traveled together in Karelia, looking for oral poets and portraiting them.[1]
Sailo's art is on permanent public display in parks and cemeteries in Tornio, Helsinki and Lappeenranta.[1] Famous statues include a realistic bronze memorial of Tahko Pihkala[2] and life-size statue commemorating Lotta Svärd, the Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women.[3]