Akseli Gallen-Kallela
"A MAASAY WATCHING".
Signed and dated NRB 1909. Oil on canvas, 33,5x32 cm.
With canvas attached to panel.
Exhibitions
Stockholm, Sveriges allm. Konstföreningen 1914,
Venice, Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia, 1914.
Pan Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915.
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This item is collected at Iso Roobertinkatu 12 after the auction has ended.
Artist
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is counted among Finland's most famous artists, born in 1865 in Pori. He studied at the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Society in Helsinki and later at the Académie Julian in Paris. He worked across various art forms such as painting, graphics, illustrations, textiles, architecture, and even designed military uniforms. Akseli Gallen-Kallela's first significant work, 'Old Woman with a Cat,' challenged the ideals of its time and paved the way for realism in Finnish painting.
Gallen-Kallela was primarily known for his paintings and illustrations for the Finnish national epic, 'Kalevala.' In 1900, he executed dome paintings with Kalevala motifs for the Finnish pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris. His visual language is often described as naturalistic, symbolic, and expressionistic
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