THE ARTIST'S WIFE.
Signed. Oil on canvas, 52x63 cm.
Halosenniemi 2005-2006, Lahti City Museum 2006.
Väinö Hämäläinen first met his future wife Helmi Mäkinen (1878-1965) when he was visiting his fellow student, Helmi's brother, in Myllykylä. Helmi's sister Maija later married the artist Pekka Halonen and the brothers-in-law got along very well.