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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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Loose oil sketch of a lone green tree on a plain, with a blue mountain and pastel streaked sky behind.

Mt. Donia Sabuk

1909

Oil painting of a cut spruce lying in a snowy farmyard beside a log wall, with a cat and a bird in flight.

Spruces in a Farmyard

1887

Loose painting of a brown cow standing in shallow water beside a shirtless boy, with pine trees and a cloudy sky.

Cow and Boy

1885

Head of a Girl, Little Anna

1897

Oil portrait of a man with tousled brown hair and mustache in a dark high-necked top against a gray background.

Portrait of Maxim Gorky

1906

Painting of log construction: a woman nursing a child, an axeman shaping logs, and a worker on a rocky hillside.

Building, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

1903

Loose oil sketch of Mount Kenya with pink-lit peaks above blue sky, green and purple scrub and small trees in the foreground.

Mount Kenya

1909

Painting of a snow-covered log cabin with deep drifts and a footpath in the foreground under a grey winter sky.

Winter Landscape

1905

Sketch of a bearded man rowing a boat while a nude figure sits at the stern, with men on a hillside below.

The Departure of Väinämöinen

1893

Winter forest scene with branches heavy under snow, pale blue-grey tones and reddish pine trunks.

Winter, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

1902

Bearded men in red cap and white clothes gather around a giant pike on a rocky shore beside blue water.

The Giant Pike

1904

Loose oil landscape of a valley with blue and violet mountains, green and blue trees, and a pale streaked sky.

River Valley

1909

Despair, study for the "By the River of Tuonela", Jusélius Mausoleum

1903

Loose oil sketch of white houses with red roofs, blue mountains, and an orange tree in a sunny landscape.

Nairobin ulkopuolelta

1909

Sketch of many hands gripping wooden oars across a planked ship deck, with figures in dark headwraps at the bottom.

The defence of the Sampo, Sketch for the cupola frescos of the Finnish Pavilion in Paris

1899

Painting of a wooden rowboat and driftwood on a sandy lakeshore, with calm water and blue hills under cloudy skies.

Venevanhus

1924

Loose oil sketch of an adobe house with a glowing window, snowy ground and blue mountains under a moonlit sky.

Taos Home in Moonlight

1925

Nude woman with arms raised, hair blending into a fiery sun, before a gold disc and blue starry sky, in a gilded shrine.

Ad Astra

1894-96

Portrait of Emil Wikström

1883

Painting of a brick cathedral tower and red roofs seen through spring trees, with a wooden post in the foreground.

Turku Cathedral

1884

Painting of a snow-dusted adobe gateway, a small tree with yellow leaves, and two riders on horseback in a winter landscape.

The Gate in Taos

1925

Loose oil sketch of Roman soldiers, women in robes and fallen bodies before a classical building and cypress trees.

Sommitteluharjoitelma, roomalainen aihe

Alaston miesmalli

1888

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a black headscarf and red shawl, in an ornate gilded frame.

Old Peasant Woman

1884

Painting of a seated nude woman in a cluttered interior with white lilies, a guitar, and a patterned sofa, signed Axel Gallen

Démasquée

1888

Triptych with three scenes: a woman in a forest, a nude water maiden beside a man in a boat, and a nude woman on a rock.

Aino Myth, Triptych

1891

Painting of a nude man pushing a red boat ashore, watched by a crowd of onlookers and nude figures in a dark setting.

By the River of Tuonela

1903

Painting of a calm lake with reflections of clouds and trees, a wooded island at right, and distant blue hills.

Lake Keitele

1905

Two figures in winter clothing with a crossbow beside a leafless tree on a rock, with a frozen landscape behind them.

Joukahainen's revenge

1897

Snowy winter landscape with a snow-laden pine beside a rushing golden river flowing between icy banks.

Imatra talvella

1893

Painting of a barefoot boy in patched clothes watching a black crow feeding in a grassy field.

Boy with a Crow

1884

Four men at a candlelit table at night, with a dark winged figure looming above them under a red and blue sky.

Symposium

1894

Painting of a bearded old man in a red cloak departing by boat as people watch from a rocky shore.

The Departure of Väinämöinen

1906

Painting of warriors in a boat fighting a winged creature under a green sky with stars and a yellow sunset.

The Defense of the Sampo

1896

Elderly woman in dark clothing offers her open hand to a black cat beside a wooden fence in a grassy rural landscape.

Old Woman With a Cat

1885

Painting of a woman in a pale dress nursing an infant beside a yellow vase of blue flowers, in a room hung with textiles.

Madonna

Painting of workmen resting in a dim interior around a rough wooden table, one seated at right holding a long stick.

Lunch Hour

Dark wooden sauna interior with two small windows, metal buckets on the floor and green leafy plants in the foreground.

Sauna interior

Painting of a bright blue mountain with green meadow in front and yellow and pink clouds above.

Hwandoni Hills

Oil portrait of a man with short dark hair, frowning sideways against an ochre background, signed Gallen-Kallela 1909.

Nekamia

Painting of a woman with dark hair holding a long yellow flower stalk in front of a red and black patterned background.

Ester von Christierson (Tulikukka)

Oil painting of a standing nude woman with clasped hands, looking upward, wearing a colorful head scarf and earrings, in a wo

Nude female model

Etching of a bare-chested man raising his arm among pine trees in a dark forest, with a cart in the foreground.

Kullervo Cursing

1896

Woodcut of a pale woman bowing her head among dark trees and star-shaped blossoms, with Finnish verse at left.

Flower of Death

1895

Pencil sketch of a crouching nude female figure with a separate face study beside it on pale paper.

Luonnos kuvaan Peikko ja impi

Black and cream print of a star-shaped flower above a skull among thorns, with a bird on a curving stem at right.

Death and the Flower

1896

Black and white woodcut bookplate with EX LIBRIS lettering, a figure beside columns, a tree and hills, names Mary and Axel Ga

Mary and Axel Gallén's ex-libris

1896

Sketch of figures in coats by blue water on snowy ground, with dark animals at left and handwritten lettering below.

Pakoretkellä Impivaarasta

Ink drawing of thirteen decorative initial letters with foliage, animals, arches and swirling ornament in black and white.

13 alkukirjainta 10. lukuun, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta

1906

Ink drawing of a bird perched on a gnarled pine branch surrounded by dense needle clusters.

Orava oksalla

Etched memorial print of a landscape with a church spire, trees, and a sleeping child in the foreground.

In memorian Impi Marjatta Gallen

1897

Etched portrait of a young child's face with hatched background, labeled Kirsti and dated 1897.

Kirsti, the Artist’s Daughter

1897

Ink drawing of twelve decorative illuminated initial letters with birds, faces, foliage and patterned ornament on cream paper

12 alkukirjainta 14. lukuun

1906

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two figures with raised swords above flames and black serpents around a crown.

Luonnos 5. luvun otsakuvaan, Käärmeitä ja tulenliekkejä

Ink sketch of a robed figure striking a crouching man beneath large winged figures, with birds scattered below.

Selkäsauna

Colour print of a large feathered bird on a grey branch, surrounded by orange foliage and blue hills.

Kokko, illustration till Stor-Kalevala

1922

Pen and ink drawing of a split, broken pine tree with a long angled branch, surrounded by sketched spruce and rocks.

The Broken Pine, intended for the end illustration of Chapter 4

1906

Ink drawings of four decorative initial letters above a pencil sketch of three figures carrying a pole.

Kuloa sammuttamassa, 4 alkukirjainta 9. lukuun sekä luonnos kuvaan

1906

Etching of a snowy field with pine trees in the foreground and a forest line on the horizon under a hatched sky.

Lumipyry Ruovedellä

1915

Brown etching of a young woman resting her head on her hand, looking toward the viewer, with dark hatched background.

Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Viola Gallén

1897

Pen and ink sheet of twelve decorative initial letters with animals, crosses and interlace patterns, plus handwritten notes.

14 alkukirjainta ja 1 luonnos 7. lukuun

Pen drawing with blackletter heading, striped arches over a wood-grain wall, and birds flying above clouds at right.

Pirtin nurkka, 7. luvun otsakuva

1907

Etching of a bearded man with tousled hair seated on a chair, bent over and drawing on a sheet in his lap.

Hugo Simberg piirtää

1906

Etched bookplate with a log cabin, pine tree, wooden well and bucket, and the inscription Ex Libris Dr Pouzet.

Tri Pouzet'n exlibris

1901