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    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...
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  • Gallen-Kallela is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931), Finnish painter Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898–1939)...
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    followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Gallen-Kallela was born in Ruovesi. He studied arts in Buenos Aires in...
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    compared to Väinämöinen. In art (such as the accompanying picture by Akseli Gallen-Kallela), Väinämöinen is described as an old man with a long white beard...
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    and Problem, Finnish: Probleemi) is an oil painting created by Akseli Gallen-Kallela in 1894. The pictured gathering party consists of Finnish artists...
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    the Sampo, Väinö Blomstedt [fi], 1897 The Forging of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1893 The Forging of the Sampo, Joseph Alanen [fi], 1910–1911 The...
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    The Defense of the Sampo (category Paintings by Akseli Gallen-Kallela)
    tempera-on-canvas Romantic national painting created in 1896 by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The painting illustrates a passage from the Kalevala, the Finnish...
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    Gallen-Kallela Museum, located in Tarvaspää, Espoo, Finland, and built between 1911 and 1913 was a home and studio for Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela...
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    Cross by Peter Paul Rubens, 1610 or 1611 The Aino Myth triptych by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1891 The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin, 1904 Departure by Max Beckmann...
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    Sigfrid Keinänen [fi], 1896 Kullervo herding his wild Flocks, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1917 Kullervo then flees from slavery and finds that his family...
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    Hiisi, Väinö Hämäläinen [fi], 1902 The Chase of the Moose of Hiisi, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1894 The Death of Lemminkäinen, Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1860 Lemminkäinen's...
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    artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela. After nearly two years of instruction from Gallen-Kallela, Simberg's artwork began to be heavily influenced by Gallen-Kallela's...
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    Giant Spruce, Robert Wilhelm Ekman Ilmarinen Flies Over the Moon, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1892 Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo, Berndt Godenhjelm, 19th century...
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  • influenced a number of Finnish artists ranging from Eero Järnefelt, Akseli Gallen-Kallela to Pentti Saarikoski and also was the site of the worst church boat...
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  • general of the Red Army Akseli Brander (1876–1958), Finnish agronomist, educationist, farmer and politician Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931), Swedish-speaking...
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    nationalist painters of the time. Notable figures of the time include Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Pekka Halonen, Albert Edelfelt, Jean Sibelius, Eino Leino, Helene...
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    antecedents may include the demigod Väinämöinen from the Finnish epic poem Kalevala. Painting The Defense of the Sampo by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1896...
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    international Art Nouveau styles. The foremost proponent in Finland was Akseli Gallen-Kallela (illustration, below right). By the turn of the century, ethnic...
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    was rising in autonomic Finland. The best known Finnish painters, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, started painting in a naturalist style but moved to national romanticism...
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    the River of Tuonela in the Finnish National Romantic Style by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1903) Chair by Eliel Saarinen (1907–1908) Statues at Helsinki Central...
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    Lemminkäinen's Mother (category Paintings by Akseli Gallen-Kallela)
    äiti) is an 1897 Romantic nationalist painting by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The painting illustrates a passage from the Kalevala, the Finnish...
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    The heraldry of the East Karelian Forest Guerillas was created by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Near the end of 1921, company-sized militia groups were being formed...
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    Finland in 2006 and 2007.[2] The earlier 1889 version of the triptych by Gallen-Kallela where Aino had the likeness of a French model Väinämöinen and Aino,...
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  • Tolkien partly based Túrin on the tragic figure of Kullervo from the Finnish Kalevala. Painting Kullervo Rides to War by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1901...
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    time was replaced with a flag created by Akseli Gallen-Kallela on 25 May 1920. Instead of a constellation, Kallela used a silver rainbow with 53 columns...
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  • Finnish version of European national romanticism. The painters Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Louis Sparre are usually mentioned as the founders of the movement...
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    mausoleum in Finland. The building is decorated with frescoes by Akseli Gallen-Kallela who is one of Finland's most prominent painters. Kirjurinluoto is...
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    Kullervo Sets Off for War (category Paintings by Akseli Gallen-Kallela)
    Sets Off for War (Finnish: Kullervon sotaanlähtö) is a painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela from the year 1901. He painted the subject in tempera painting (89...
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    Several artists have been influenced by the Kalevala, most notably Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Iittala group's Arabia brand kilned a series of Kalevala commemorative...
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    Akseli Gallen-Kallela, The Forging of the Sampo, 1893. An artist from Finland deriving inspiration from the Finnish "national epic", the Kalevala...
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