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Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Finnish, 1865 - 1931
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic (illustration, below). His work is considered very important for the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.

Gallen-Kallela was born Axel Waldemar Gallén in Pori, Finland in a Swedish-speaking family. His father Peter Gallén worked as police chief and lawyer. Gallen-Kallela was raised in Tyrvää. At the age of 11 he was sent to Helsinki to study at a grammar school, because his father opposed his ambition to become a painter. After his father's death in 1879, Gallen-Kallela attended drawing classes at the Finnish Art Society (1881–1884) and studied privately under Adolf von Becker.

In 1884 he moved to Paris, to study at the Académie Julian. In Paris he became friends with the Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt, the Norwegian painter Carl Dørnberger, and the Swedish writer August Strindberg. During this period he traveled back and forth between Finland and Paris.

He married Mary Slöör in 1890. The couple had three children, Impi Marjatta, Kirsti and Jorma. On their honeymoon to East Karelia, Gallen-Kallela started collecting material for his depictions of the Kalevala. This period is characterized by romantic paintings of the Kalevala, such as the Aino Myth, and by several landscape paintings, although by 1894 the influence of symbolism is heavily visible in his works.

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A Kikuyu Man

A Kikuyu Man (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Figurative
An African Resting, 1909

An African Resting, 1909

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Figurative
At A Building Site

At A Building Site (1906)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Figurative
Bohême, Portrait Of The Norwegian Artist C. A. Dørnberger

Bohême, Portrait Of The Norwegian Artist C. A. Dørnberger (1888)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Figurative
Boy With A Crow

Boy With A Crow (1884)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Countess Berthe De Vallombreuse

Countess Berthe De Vallombreuse (1888)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Dancing Kikuyu Warriors

Dancing Kikuyu Warriors (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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First Lesson

First Lesson (1887 - 1889)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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In Front Of The Stove, Inside The Living Room

In Front Of The Stove, Inside The Living Room (1887)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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In The Sunshine

In The Sunshine (1884)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Indian On Horseback In Snow

Indian On Horseback In Snow (1925)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Indian On Horseback

Indian On Horseback (1925)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Kikuyu In Papyrus Reeds

Kikuyu In Papyrus Reeds (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Lost

Lost (1886)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Model Study

Model Study (1885)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Portrait Of A Karelian Woman

Portrait Of A Karelian Woman (1891)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Portrait Of Doctor Herman Frithiof Antell

Portrait Of Doctor Herman Frithiof Antell (1886)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Portrait Of Edvard Munch

Portrait Of Edvard Munch (1895)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Portrait Of Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa

Portrait Of Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa (1919)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Portrait Of The Artist’s Wife

Portrait Of The Artist’s Wife (1893)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Portrait Of The German Actor Rudolf Rittner

Portrait Of The German Actor Rudolf Rittner (1895)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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The Castle Lord Spying On His Daughter

The Castle Lord Spying On His Daughter

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Unmasked

Unmasked (1888)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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Woman Cooking Whitefish

Woman Cooking Whitefish (1886)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Figurative
The Departure Of Väinämöinen

The Departure Of Väinämöinen (1893 - 1894)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mythology
The Forging Of The Sampo

The Forging Of The Sampo (1893)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mythology
The Fratricide

The Fratricide (1897)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mythology
The Lamenting Boat

The Lamenting Boat (1906)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mythology
The Swan Of Tuonela

The Swan Of Tuonela (1904 - 1905)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mythology
Väinämöinen’s Voyage

Väinämöinen’s Voyage (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mythology
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