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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

(Finland, 1865-1931)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 EUR
451 000 - 564 000 SEK
42 200 - 52 700 USD
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela
(Finland, 1865-1931)

TAOS

Signed and dated Taos New Mexico 1925. Oil on canvas, laid on board. 50x62 cm.

Provenance

Gift from the artist to the family.

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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