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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

214 works

On his honeymoon in 1890, Gallen-Kallela travelled to East Karelia to collect material for his Kalevala pictures.

He had started out in Paris as a realist painter influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage. His daughter Impi Marjatta died of diphtheria in 1895, and after that his work became more aggressive. In the next few years he painted The Defense of the Sampo and Lemminkäinen's Mother, which are among the Kalevala scenes he's best known for. He was born in Pori and died of pneumonia in Stockholm in 1931. Browse 214 works by Akseli Gallen-Kallela from 4 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

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Painting of struggling men hauling and climbing over rocks and wooden poles beside a boat under a starry night sky.

The Theft of the Sampo

1905

Loose painting of a dusk landscape with dark trees, glowing yellow horizon, pink and lavender clouds, and pale foreground.

Evening Landscape

1899

Loose oil sketch of reeds and water reflections in a marsh, with green meadow and dark tree line under grey sky.

The Rushes

1884

Tall wild angelica with white flower heads and leafy plants in front of a blue lake and pine forest under a bright sky.

Wild Angelica

1889

Painting of a rider in a dark jacket and colorful blanket on a brown horse among bare trees and sandy ground.

Native American on Horseback

1925

Loose oil painting of a spring forest with birch and spruce trees, a mossy boulder, and patches of melting snow.

Early Spring

1883

Loose painted sketch of white sheep grazing beside a dirt path leading to farm buildings under a blue sky.

Landscape with Sheep

1884

Elderly woman kneels beside the body of a golden-haired man on a pebbled shore with bones, skulls and a swan.

Lemminkäinen's Mother

1897

Two wooden rowboats on a rocky shore facing a shimmering lake with wooded islands in the distance.

Boats on the Shore

1884

Mural sketch with a central gold-capped column; left panel shows people in a rowing boat, right panel shows seated men by a c

Lönnrot ja runonlaulajat, luonnos Helsingin yliopiston juhlasalin seinämaalaukseksi

1912

Painting of a calm lake at sunset with dark islands, pastel clouds, glowing water reflections, and young trees in the foregro

Lake View

1901

A Kikuyu Man

1909

Painting of snowy mountains under clouds, with blue shadows on the slopes and a small orange tree in the foreground.

Taos Mountains Shrouded in Clouds

1924

Loose oil painting of a flowering tree with orange trunk, yellow blossoms and long blue shadows on lilac ground.

Acacia on the Savannah

1909

Loose oil sketch of a standing figure with red necklace among green papyrus reeds under a blue sky.

Kikuyu in Papyrus Reeds

1909

Watercolor frontispiece with ornate border, illuminated initial, running figures in a dusk scene, and sled-pulling figures be

Frontispiece

Loose oil sketch of a snow-covered yard with a log cabin wall, a snowy wooden bench and bent pine branches in winter.

Luminen pihamaa

1882

Loose painted landscape of a tall palm tree among dense green shrubs, with a sunlit pale path in the lower right.

Tana River

1909

Loose oil sketch of a town street with red-roofed houses, a construction trench in the foreground, and workers below.

View from Fredrikinkatu

1883

Oil sketch of a snowy frozen lake with a track, two leaning pines in front, and dark forest and hills behind.

Path on the Ice

1887

Painting of a horseman blowing a horn on a white horse under a starry blue sky, with a wolf and snowy trees in the scene.

Kullervo Sets off for Battle

1901

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a black headscarf against a golden background, gazing to the side.

Mustahuivinen nainen

1903

Shirtless young man shouting with raised fist among pine trees, antlers, a wolf, and a lake with mountains behind him.

Kullervo Cursing

1899

Painting of a stone archway with a dark roof and white tower behind, flanked by bare trees under a blue sky.

Rauma Church

1905

Man in a cap guides a girl reading at a table in a dim wooden room, with a snowy window behind them.

First Lesson

1887

Loose painted study of a reclining bearded male nude on a white cloth against an orange background.

The Slain Lemminkäinen

1899

Loose oil sketch of a pale arched gateway with grey mountains, a flock of birds in the sky, and open rocky ground.

Gate in Taos

1925

Black woodpecker with red crest on a dead pine beside a forest and lake, framed by a decorative border of animals and pattern

The Great Black Woodpecker

1893

Loose oil sketch of a seated woman in an orange skirt and red headwrap, leaning on a wooden post against a beige background.

An African Resting

1909

Painting of a barefoot young woman seated in a forest among dark tree trunks, wearing a white blouse and blue skirt.

Lost

1886

Loose painting of a tree with coral-red blossoms and dark branches against a bright blue background.

Coral Tree in Blossom

1909

Sketch of two seated women beside a tree, one in a dark dress with a white ruff, with handwritten script in the background.

Kaarina Maununtytär

1885