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Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Bilingual edition)
Finnland erfinden/ Picturing Finland
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Bilingual edition) celebrates the work of Finnish national hero Akseli Gallen-Kallela and his depictions of Finland's people, myths, and landscape. Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) was Finland's most famous progressive artist around 1900 and a major figure in international modern art. At the turn of the...
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Bilingual edition) celebrates the work of Finnish national hero Akseli Gallen-Kallela and his depictions of Finland's people, myths, and landscape.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) was Finland's most famous progressive artist around 1900 and a major figure in international modern art. At the turn of the century, Finland was a grand duchy striving for independence from Russian rule. Gallen-Kallela's depictions of Finland's people, myths, and nature played a key role in forming a national identity.
At the same time, his modern visual language, developed in constant dialogue between Finnish sources of inspiration and influences from artistic centres such as Paris, Berlin, London, and Vienna, brought him international acclaim.
This English-Finnish bilingual catalogue invites readers to explore these fascinating interactions in Gallen-Kallela's artistic engagement with his country and its people, the Finnish national epic Kalevala, the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), and the Nordic landscape. The international dimension of Gallen-Kallela's art is showcased by shining a spotlight on his contributions to the Vienna Secession exhibitions of 1901/02 and 1904.
The catalogue accompanies an exhibition at the Belvedere, Vienna, in collaboration with the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783753307251
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 December 2024
Country: Germany
Imprint: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Illustration: 110 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Stella Rollig
- Text by Charlotte Ashby
- Text by Frances Fowle
- Text by Timo Huusko
- Text by Marja Lahelma
- Text by Anne Pelin
- Text by Stella Rollig
- Edited by Arnika Groenewald-Schmidt
- Text by Arnika Groenewald-Schmidt
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 240.0mm
Height: 312.0mm
Weight: 940g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
Stella Rollig is General Director of the Belvedere, Vienna.
Arnika Groenewald-Schmidt is Curator of 19th Century Art at the Belvedere.
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