Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931) was a Finland painter, printmaker and illustrator.

Also recorded as Axel Waldemar Gallén; Axel Gallén; Axel Gallén-Kallela; Akseli Valdemar Gallén-Kallela; Akseli Valdemar Gallen-Kallela; Akseli Kallela.

Overview

The authority record associates the name with Romanticism, Symbolism and romantic nationalism. Work is classified under portrait, history painting and landscape painting. Places of work recorded in the authority include Helsinki, Kalela and Paris. Works named in the authority record include The Artist's Mother, Lemminkäinen's Mother and The Defense of the Sampo. Catalogue entries for prints and multiples state process, state, edition and watermark or paper. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

Finnish painter (1865-1931)

Sources

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“Akseli Gallen-Kallela”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q170068: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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