Akseli Gallen-Kallela
"LUMIPÄLVIÄ KALLIOILLA/KALELA."
Sign. Kalela 1901. Öljy kankaalle 81x55 cm.
Täydennyslista
Provenienssi.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Aino Ackté.
Näyttelyt
Tampereen Taidemuseo 1984, 2006. Ateneum, 1996, nr 211. Turun Taidemuseo 1996. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998. Groninger Museum, Hollanti 2007. Halosenniemi, 2008. Musée D'Orsay, Paris 2012. Museum Kunst Palast, Dûsseldorf 2012.
Kirjallisuus
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, näyttelyjulkaisu, Ateneum 1996, nro. 211. Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Eurooppalainen mestari, Helsingin Taidemuseo, nr 51, kansikuva. Akseli Gallen-Kallela, näyttelyjulkaisu 2012, Helsingin Taidemuseo, Paris Musée d'Orsay, Düsseldorf Museum Kunstpalast, no 35.
Muut tiedot
Janne Gallen-Kallela-Sirén kirjoitti kirjeessään: 25.10. 2010: "...omistamasi Gallen-Kallelan lumimaisema (Lumipälviä kallioilla/Kalela)
vuodelta 1901 on yksi Gallen-Kallelan merkittävimmistä talviaiheisista..."
Suunnittelijat
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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