Akseli Gallen-Kallela, folder with 36 heliogravures. Kemigrafinen Oy, Helsinki 1912-1914.
"Kevät (Katkelma)", "Poika ja varis", "Väinämöisen lähtö", "Rantaantulija", 2 x "Aino - Taru", "Kerjäläispoika", "Ilveslouhikko", "Lemminkäisen äiti", "Symposion", "Kevät (Ote: Ampuva poika)", "Ad Astra", "Venematka (Katkelma)", Palanut kanto kevätauringossa", "Rakennus", "Nuori tyttö", "Quand Même", "Kuiva honka", "Akka kissoineen (Syksy)", "Kullervon kirous", "Kullervon sotaanlähtö", "Ilvesmatti", "Paimenpoika Paanajärvellä (Kesäyön aurinko)", "Joukahainen vaanimassa". "M. Gorjkij (1906)", "Äiti", "Ensi opetus", "Sammon ryöstö", "Rokonarpinen savolainen", "Imatra", "Lapsi rannalla", "Aallottaret", "Lahjoittaja T:ri Antell", "Prof. dr. Emil Setälä", "Prof. dr. Matti Äyräpää". Sheet size ca 45 x 35 cm, 35 x 45 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Two trimmed sheets. Inscription on folder.
Images marked A. Gallen-Kallela Pinx. Appr. Veniam D. Heliogr. Kemigrafinen Oy H:ki 1912-14.
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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