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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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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

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

Winter, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

1902

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

River Valley

1909

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

Nairobin ulkopuolelta

1909

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

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

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

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

Imatra talvella

1893

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 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

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

Luonnos kuvaan Peikko ja impi

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

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

In memorian Impi Marjatta Gallen

1897

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

12 alkukirjainta 14. lukuun

1906

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

Kokko, illustration till Stor-Kalevala

1922

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

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

Ink drawing of twelve decorative initial letters with faces, flames, a dragon, figures and scenes, with handwritten notes.

2 alkukirjainta 2. lukuun ja 10 alkukirjainta 3. lukuun

1906

Ink sketch of a figure with flowing hair reaching out beside a tree, with a second figure at the right edge.

Kuloa sammuttamssa

1907

Ink sketch of a man lying on his back beneath a sprawled bear, with hatched shadows on white paper.

Mies ja kontio kuolleina, luonnos

Pencil sketch of three carved stone capitals with faces and scrolls, with a building outline and loose ink scribbles on the r

Luonnos kirjan esilehteen

Etching of a grieving woman in a headscarf kneeling beside a dead body, with skulls and bones on the ground and a glowing lig

Lemminkäinen's Mother

1905

Ink drawing with two decorative headpieces: a seated figure with galloping horses, and a cauldron over fire beside stacked di

Lauri hongan latvassa

Pencil and watercolor sketch with orange flames, green sprigs, a blue tree, and faint outlines of pebbles and houses.

Luonnos 5. luvun otsakuvaan Kevät