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Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter and a leading figure of Finnish romantic nationalism around the turn of the 20th century. He is considered a pioneer of a distinctly Finnish national art, and his work is regarded as a very important aspect of Finnish national identity.
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culture · Finnish painter (1865–1931) · painter · printmaker · illustrator · architect · designer · graphic artist · exlibrist · draftsperson · also Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Axel Waldemar Gallén, Axel Gallén, Axel Gallén-Kallela, Akseli Valdemar Gallén-Kallela, Akseli Valdemar Gallen-Kallela
Born 26 April 1865 · Died 7 March 1931 · Q170068
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2026· 1 entry
2017· 1 entry
Yle: Akseli Gallen-Kallela maalasi tauluun Eevin isoisoukin haavaisen jalan – nyt Eevi on 6-vuotiaana taiteentuntija
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1961· 1 entry
And houses some of his works and research facilities on him
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1931· 1 entry
Died 1931-03-07.
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1930· 1 entry
Made an agreement to paint a gigantic fresco for the bank Kansallis-Osake-Pankki, but on 7 March 1931, while returning from a lecture in Copenhagen, he suddenly died of pneumonia in Stockholm
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1928· 2 entries
Awarded Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1928).
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Together with his son Jorma he painted the Kalevala frescoes at the lobby of the National Museum of Finland
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1924· 1 entry
Gallen-Kallela had published Kallela-kirja
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Olav (1923).
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1920· 1 entry
Made an agreement with the publishing company WSOY for the eventual publication of Great Kalevala, with the less decorative Koru-Kalevala being published first in 1922
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1919· 3 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1919).
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Was appointed aide-de-camp to Mannerheim
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And from 1919 to 1931 he was the Vice-Chairman of the Kalevala Society
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1918· 2 entries
Awarded Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class (1918).
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Gallen-Kallela and his son Jorma took part in the fighting at the front of the Finnish Civil War
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1915· 1 entry
To escape the turmoil of the First World War
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1909· 1 entry
With a publication of his plan in the Valvoja magazine
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1908· 1 entry
With renewal in mind, Gallen-Kallela and his family moved to Paris
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1907· 1 entry
Gallen-Kallela also made his first trip to Hungary, where he was awarded a large gold medal at an international exhibition
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1902· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1902).
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1901· 1 entry
Was commissioned to paint the fresco, Kullervo Sets Off for War, for the concert hall of the Helsinki Student's Union
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1900· 1 entry
Gallen-Kallela painted frescoes for the cupola of the Finnish Pavilion, with motifs including The Forging of the Sampo, The Defense of the Sampo, Ilmarinen Plowing the Field of Vipers and The Departure of Väinämöinen
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1890· 1 entry
Gallen-Kallela traveled together with the Swedish painter Louis Sparre to East Karelia (Far Karelia) to collect material for his Kalevala depictions
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1889· 1 entry
Studied at Académie Julian (1884–1889).
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1888· 1 entry
Awarded Ducat Prize (1888).
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1884· 2 entries
Studied at Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki (1878–1884).
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Moved to Paris, to study at the Académie Julian and the Atelier Cormon until 1889
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1881· 1 entry
Studied at Gymnasiet Svenska normallyceum (1876–1881).
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1867· 1 entry
After his father had bought a farm there
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1865· 1 entry
Born 1865-04-26.
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