Axel Waldemar Gallén

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Axel Waldemar Gallén, better known as Akseli Gallen-Kallela, was a Finnish painter renowned for his national romantic and symbolist works, especially his illustrations of the Kalevala.

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instanceOf Finnish painter
human
painter
alsoKnownAs Akseli Gallen-Kallela
burialPlace Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki
countryOfCitizenship Finland
dateOfBirth 1865-04-26
dateOfDeath 1931-03-07
designed Finnish national costumes
frescos
furniture
stained glass
textiles
educatedAt Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Académie Colarossi
Académie Julian
era early 20th century
late 19th century
fieldOfWork painting
genre landscape painting
mythological painting
portrait painting
influenced Finnish national art
influencedBy Kalevala
National Romanticism
Symbolism
languagesSpoken Finnish
French
German
Swedish
movement National Romanticism
Symbolism
name Axel Waldemar Gallén
nationality Finnish
notableWork Ad Astra
Kalevala illustrations
Lake Keitele
Lemminkäinen’s Mother
Old Woman with a Cat
Self-Portrait with a Model
The Aino Myth
linked to: The Aino Triptych

The Defense of the Sampo
participatedIn Paris Exposition Universelle 1900
placeOfBirth Pori
placeOfDeath Stockholm
religion Lutheranism
residence Kalela (his studio-home in Ruovesi)
spouse Mary Slöör

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Akseli Gallen-Kallela birthName Axel Waldemar Gallén
Axel Waldemar Gallén name Axel Waldemar Gallén