Akseli and Anders

Akseli Gallen-Kallela ( 1865 – 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic . His work is considered very important for the Finnish national identity. 

 Wilderness lake, 1889.

The First Lesson, 1889

Rowing to the shore

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The Sauna. 1889

April virtual art tour day 1.

Since all museums are closed I decided to start a virtual art tour  ♥ welcome, and enjoy ♥ 

First tour  with Akseli, Anders and Anton

Akseli Gallen-Kallela  (1864- 1931)

Old Woman With a Cat. 1885

Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland

Sent by Anna in Mäntsälä, Finland

 on 12 Dec, 2014

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 260 km

 received on 18 Dec, 2014

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

In the Harbour of Algiers. 1887
Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde Museum, Sweden

Anders Leonard Zorn was one of Sweden's foremost artists. He obtained international success as a painter and sculptor. 

Anton Lomaev (1971- ) 

"The Lord of the Rings" J. R. R. Tolkien.

Anton Lomaev born 1971 in Vitebsk, Belarus. In 1982 he moved to Leningrad. Since the mid-90s he has began working with publishers as an illustrator of children's books. Since 2000 he has been a member of the Russian Union of artists. Now living in St. Petersburg and devoting with great talent and pleasure to his wonderful and unique creations.

Sent by Ksenia in Zelenograd, Russia
 on 12 Nov, 2016
travel time 30 days
distance travelled 1,111 km
received on 12 Dec, 2016 

Finnish Art

 Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)

 Mother and child, 1887

Mother with a child painted in an artist's room in Paris, on a background of a Finnish rug from Keuruu.

Albert Edelfelt  (1854–1905)

Old ladies at Ruokolahti Church.

Women outside the Church at Ruokolahti, 

Women of Ruokolahti on the Church Hill, 1887

Helene Schjerfbeck (1862 - 1946)

 Museum Visit. late in the 1800s.
 Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa, Finland

Birds in art

Mallards, 1874.
  Ferdinand von Wright (1822–1906)
Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum
Photo Hannu Pakarinen

Great Black Woodpecker. 1893
Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum

Art Nouveau

 Bil-Bol, Poster for an Automobile.1907

Finland's National Gallery 

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)

 The poster Bilbol (1907), designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela  marked the beginning of the history of Finnish posters, linking the influence of French tradition and Art Nouveau of Finland.The result was Bil-Bol, the classic of Finnish poster art.

CZ-1101149
Monaco-Monte Carlo 1897
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939 )
travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,518 km
sent by Romi from Sazovice

DE-5725143
 Fulfilment, 1905
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,606 km
sent by Sabrina from Schwandorf

FR-444670
Folies Bergère, Fleur de Lotus, 1893
Art Nouveau poster for the Ballet Pantomime
Jules Chéret (1836-1932) France
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,968 km
sent by Jessica,  Fontainebleau, France

Jules Chéret has been called the father of the modern poster.

Palau Güell, Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Gaudi  (1852 -1926 )

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, and one-of-a-kind style. The Palau Güell  (Güell Palace) is a mansion designed by Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell and built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the El Raval neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".

Most of Gaudi's works are located in Barcelona, including his main work, the church of the Sagrada Família.

Kalevala's Day- Finnish Culture Day

Kalevala Day is celebrated in Finland on the 28th of February, in honour of the day on which the Old Kalevala’s foreword was dated by Elias Lönnrot (February 28, 1835). Kalevala Day is an official flag-raising day in Finland, and simultaneously the Day of Finnish culture.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela's Kalevala art  

Aino-Mynth, 1891, triptych
Left -hand panel: Väinämöinen courting Aino

Väinämöinen is the central character of The Kalevala, a shamanistic hero with a magical power of song and music.Väinämöinen created and plays the kantele, a Finnish stringed instrument that resembles and is played like a zither. One of his potential brides, Joukahainen's sister Aino, drowns herself instead of marrying him.

The Forging of the Sampo, 1893

Sampo or Sammas was a magical artifact of indeterminate type constructed by Ilmarinen that brought riches and good fortune to its holder. 

Joukahainen's Revenge 1897

Joukahainen is the rival of the main character, Väinämöinen. After losing a singing contest, he pledges his sister Aino to Väinämöinen, but she drowns herself rather than marry him. Joukahainen, still envious of Väinämöinen, then shoots the stag of his rival from under him.

Lemminkäinen's Mother, 1897

Lemminkäinen, a handsome, arrogant and reckless ladies-man.

 He shares a very close relationship with his mother, who revives him after he has been drowned in the river of Tuonela while pursuing the object of his romantic desires. 

The Kalevala is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The Kalevala was instrumental in the development of the Finnish national identity, the intensification of Finland's language strife and the growing sense of nationality. 

Sibelius Day

Sibelius monument, Helsinki

Sibelius Hall, Lahti 

Sibelius cake,  Cafe Laurell,  Hämeenlinna

Akseli  Gallen- Kallela. Satu - 1894

Jean Sibelius on the right

Jean Sibelius, original name Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (born Dec. 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Fin.—died Sept. 20, 1957, Järvenpää), Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia.

Poika ja varis - Boy and a Crow

Akseli Gallen- Kallela

Poika ja varis 1884

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work was considered very important for the Finnish national identity.

"Boy and a Crow" is an early work by Gallen-Kallela. The painting is from 1884 and is in the permanent collection at the Ateneum in Helsinki, painted when Gallen-Kallela was only 19 years, really an astonishing piece of work for a 19-year-old. The subject of the painting was the character of this peasant boy, whom the artist knew from before.

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