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Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Sketch of the youngman and the pierced maid

Sketch of the youngman and the pierced maid (1907)

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

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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Venetsian biennaalin ripustussuunnitelma (1914)

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Kullervo Herding His Wild Flocks (1917)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Koru-Kalevala, The Illustrated Kalevala, Poem IV

Koru-Kalevala, The Illustrated Kalevala, Poem IV (1922)

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Portrait of Professor E.N.Setälä

Portrait of Professor E.N.Setälä (1911)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Runonlaulaja Pahkomin talo Akonlahdelta

Runonlaulaja Pahkomin talo Akonlahdelta (1890)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Koru-Kalevala, The Illustrated Kalevala; Poem XXXVI opening vignette (not final version), end vignette.

Koru-Kalevala, The Illustrated Kalevala; Poem XXXVI opening vignette (not final version), end vignette. (1922)

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

Vainovalkeat (1914)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Mt. Donia Sabuk

Mt. Donia Sabuk (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Head of a Girl (Gerda Ringbom, later Bergroth)

Head of a Girl (Gerda Ringbom, later Bergroth)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Two skiers meet

Two skiers meet (1922)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Tana River

Tana River (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
The Great Kalevala, Poem III, sketch.

The Great Kalevala, Poem III, sketch. (1925)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Spring, Study For The Jusélius Mausoleum Frescos

Spring, Study For The Jusélius Mausoleum Frescos (1903)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Red Sea, Suez

Red Sea, Suez (1909)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
Sunset Over Lake Ruovesi

Sunset Over Lake Ruovesi

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865 - 1931)
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