Akseli Gallen-Kallela is a legend in his country.
And that's fair since this naturalist and then symbolist painter translated Finland's collective unconscious into his mythological paintings devoted to the Finnish epic of the Kalevala.
This assembly of authentic folk poems collected between 1834 and 1847 in the Finnish countryside, particularly in Karelia, is the work of the doctor and folklorist, Elias Lönnrot.
To discover
Discover the “Best of the Goncourt Prize” collection
In 2012, the Musée d'Orsay gave thanks to this heroic Finland and its champion who embodied his nation through his large formats with ancestral dramaturgy (
The Mother of Lemminkäinen
, 1897, treasure of the Ateneum in Helsinki).
And as early as 1998, the Museum of Modern Art promoted the painter of light, snow and frozen water by associating him with his compatriot Helene Schjerfbeck and the Norwegian Edvard Munch in “Light of the World.
Light from Heaven - visions of the North”.
Towards symbolism
Over the past ten years, a huge amount of research has dusted off the statue of Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)…
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