Akseli Gallen-Kallela

1865–1931 · Grand Duchy of Finland · Symbolism, Romanticism

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter and a leading figure of Finnish romantic nationalism around the turn of the 20th century. He is considered a pioneer of a distinctly Finnish national art, and his work is regarded as a very important aspect of Finnish national identity. Wikipedia

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Finnish myths from the Kalevala, strong outlines, flat colour and wild northern landscapes.

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“Aino Myth”, 1891 — Finnish National Gallery
“Lemminkäinen's Mother”, 1897 — Finnish National Gallery
“In the Sauna”, 1889 — Finnish National Gallery
“The Defense of the Sampo”, 1896 — Turku Art Museum
“Kullervo Cursing”, 1899 — Finnish National Gallery
“Ad Astra”, 1895 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Kullervo Rides to War”, 1901
“Symposium”, 1894
“Démasquée”, 1888 — Finnish National Gallery
“Lake Keitele”, 1905 — National Gallery
“Old Woman With a Cat”, 1885 — Turku Art Museum
“Boy with a Crow”, 1884 — Finnish National Gallery
“The Forging of the Sampo”, 1893 — Finnish National Gallery
“The Departure of Väinämöinen (1906)”, 1906 — Hämeenlinna Art Museum
“Ilmarinen ploughs the snake field”, 1928 — National Museum of Finland
“The Great Black Woodpecker”, 1893 — Finnish National Gallery
“A Girl in the Old Church of Keuruu”, 1889 — Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation
“Joukahainen's revenge”, 1897 — Turku Art Museum
“Flower of Death”, 1895 — Finnish National Gallery
“The Theft of the Sampo”, 1905 — Finnish National Gallery
“Wound Fever”, 1889
“Mother and child”, 1887 — Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation
“The Giant Pike”, 1904 — Finnish National Gallery
“Mother with sick child”, 1888
“Eero Järnefelt painting”, 1888
“The Lamenting Boat”, 1907 — Nordea Art Foundation Finland
“Woman on a Rooster Ryijy Rug”, 1888
“Mäntykoski Waterfall”, 1893
“Rustic life”, 1887 — Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation
“First Lesson”, 1889 — Finnish National Gallery
“Madonna”, 1891 — Gallen-Kallela Museum
“Boulevard in Paris”, 1885 — Turku Art Museum
“Parisian backyard”, 1884 — Finnish National Gallery
“Imatra Falls in Snow”, 1893 — Finnish National Gallery
“Kullervo Sets off for Battle”, 1901 — Finnish National Gallery
“Aino Triptych”, 1889 — Bank of Finland's Art Collection
“The Rushes”, 1884 — Finnish National Gallery
“Decaying Sander”, 1884 — Finnish National Gallery
“Path on the Ice”, 1887 — Finnish National Gallery
“Misty Landscape”, 1884 — Finnish National Gallery

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