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Pekka Halonen

(Finland, 1865-1933)
Pekka Halonen
(Finland, 1865-1933)

Pekka Halonen, Ice melting.

Sign.1926. Oil on canvas 46.5x38.5 cm.

Wear due to age and use.

Provenance

Purchased in the 1920s in Helsinki by the priest Sven Ydén. Thence by descent in the family.

Artist

The artist Pekka Halonen is closely associated with Finnish art, known for his realistic and simple depictions of the Finnish people and nature. Halonen was born in 1865 in Lapinlahti and belonged to a large farming family with several talented artists and musicians as relatives. In 1890, he received a scholarship that enabled him to travel to Paris and study at the Académie Julian. Halonen then continued his studies under Paul Gauguin at the Académie Colarossi in Italy. Like several contemporary Finnish artists, such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Halonen eventually returned to his homeland to explore themes in the Finnish wilderness.

Early in his career, Halonen primarily worked in the French Impressionist style, but later his painting evolved into a more monumental approach with subdued colors, often depicting themes from Finnish rural life like 'Road Builders in Karelia' (1900). Colors dominated Halonen's work; he was a virtuoso colorist. The Finnish nature held a central role in Halonen's art, and in his numerous landscape paintings, one can also discern clear influences from symbolism and japonism.

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Hammer price
7 200
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U
R
81 000
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E
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7 431
USD
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 EUR
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Bid history (8 bids)
4
A
Nov 29, 2023 5:20 PM
7 200 EUR
5
Nov 29, 2023 5:20 PM
7 000 EUR
4
A
Nov 29, 2023 5:17 PM
6 800 EUR
5
Nov 29, 2023 5:17 PM
6 600 EUR
4
Nov 29, 2023 5:13 PM
6 400 EUR
3
Nov 27, 2023 8:13 PM
6 000 EUR
2
Nov 18, 2023 5:57 PM
5 500 EUR
1
Nov 17, 2023 12:47 PM
2 000 EUR
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Johan Wulff
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