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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

(Finland, 1865-1931)
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 EUR
113 000 - 169 000 SEK
10 500 - 15 800 USD
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela
(Finland, 1865-1931)

AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELA, olja på skiva, signerad och daterad Korpilahti IX 1928.

Bastuinteriör, 30 x 40 cm.

Sedvanligt slitage.

Exhibitions

Stockholm 1936.

Designer

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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