Finnish Painters - Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Helene Schjerfbeck, Leopold Survage, List of Finnish Painters, Hugo Simberg, Veikko Tormanen (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Albert Edelfelt, Amelie Helga Lundahl, Anita Snellman, Bruno Maximus, Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm, Christel Minotti, Eero Jarnefelt, Eero Nelimarkka, Fanny Churberg, Ferdinand von Wright, Fritz Jakobsson, Gunnar Berndtson, Heikki Marila, Helena Arnell, Helene Schjerfbeck, Helvi Mustonen, Henry Wuorila-Stenberg, Hugo Simberg, Immanuel Alm, Jaakko Mattila, Johan Alm, Kaj Stenvall, Kuutti Lavonen, Leopold Survage, List of Finnish painters, Magnus Enckell, Magnus von Wright, Margareta Capsia, Mathilda Rotkirch, Mauri Faven, Nandor Mikola, Pekka Halonen, Reidar Sarestoniemi, Robert Wilhelm Ekman, Sigrid Schauman, Sinikka Kurkinen, Sirkka-Liisa Lonka, Totte Mannes, Veikko Tormanen, Verner Thome, Vilho Lampi. Excerpt: 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 (illustration, below). His work was considered very important for the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallen to Gallen-Kallela in 1907. Gallen-Kallela was born Axel Waldemar Gallen in Pori, Finland in a Swedish-speaking family. His father Peter Gallen worked as police chief and lawyer. At the age of 11 he was sent to Helsinki to study at a grammar school, because his father opposed his ambition to become a painter. After his father's death in 1879, Gallen-Kallela attended drawing classes at the Finnish Art Society (1881-4) and studied privately under Adolf von Becker. Joukahainen's RevengeIn 1884 he moved to Paris, to study at the Academie Julian. In Paris he became friends with the Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt, the Norwegian painter Adam Dornberger, and the Swedish writer August Strindberg. He married Mary Sloor in 1890. The couple had three children, Impi Marjatta, Kirsti and Jorma. On their honeymoon to East Karelia, Gallen-Kallela started collecting material for his depictions of the Kalevala. This period is characterized by romantic paintings of the Kalevala, like the Aino triptych, and by several landscape paintings. In December 1894, Gallen-Kallela moved to Berlin to oversee the joint exhibition of his works with the works of Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. Here he became acquainted with the Symbolists. In March 1895, he received a telegram that his daughter Impi Marjatta had died from diphtheria. This would prove to be a turning point in his work. While his works had previously been romantic, after his daughter's death Gallen-Kallela painted more aggressive works like the Defense of the Sampo, Joukahainen's Revenge, and Lemminkainen's Mother. On his return from Germany, Gallen studied print-making and visited London to deepen his knowledge, and in 1898 studied fresco-painting in I