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Finnish National Gallery

97 works

Watercolor of a Norwegian fjord with a forested cliff on the left, distant mountains, small sailboats and an overcast sky.

The Sognefjord Meets the Sea

Wilhelm Maximilian Carpelan, 1819

Watercolor landscape of a riverbank with tall trees, green hills beyond, and a pale sky, by Magnus Enckell.

River Landscape

Magnus Enckell, 1915

Watercolor of a man pumping a well as a brown horse drinks from a bucket, with another horse grazing beside a plank wall.

Frithjof Federley juottaa kaivolla hevostaan

Werner Holmberg, 1859

Watercolor of a Gothic-style interior with a stone fireplace, red-draped table, carved cabinet and painted landscape panels.

Sisäkuva, hollantilainen aihe

Johan Jacob Ahrenberg, 1896

Watercolor copy in Byzantine style of a haloed figure with a cross-topped staff above kneeling figures and Greek lettering.

Copy of a Byzantine Icon

Nude Boy, study

Verner Thomé, 1910

Men in white shirts build a log house from stacked timber beside pine trees under a blue sky.

A House of Stout Logs

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Muted watercolor of a rocky coastline sloping toward open grey sea with distant islands under a pale sky.

Maritime Landscape

Magnus Enckell, 1905

Two women in white and dark dresses sit in a pale interior, one reading an open book, the other looking down.

Girls Reading

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1907

Two-panel watercolor of an old peasant facing a skeleton at a doorway, bright scene left, dark scene with winged creature rig

The Peasant and Death at the Gates of Heaven and Hell

Hugo Simberg, 1897

Watercolor of a village with rooftops, tall cypress trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy blue sky.

A Village Picture

Tyko Sallinen, 1923

Watercolor of a helmeted knight on a horse riding through flames beside a coiled serpent and a fallen figure.

Ritari ja kuningaskäärme, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907

Small painting of a pale reclining figure on green ground with scattered white snowflakes and a brown border.

Autumn II

Hugo Simberg, 1895

Watercolor of log buildings, a birch tree and a rocky dirt path under a pale blue sky.

Sepän talo ja piha

Werner Holmberg, 1859

Watercolor of a Finnish farm estate with a red house and barns beside a lake, wooded hills behind, pencil sketch in foregroun

Outamon tila Lohjalla

Pehr Adolf Kruskopf

Painting of skeletons in black cloaks tending garden beds with flowers, a green watering can, and autumn trees behind.

The Garden of Death

Hugo Simberg, 1896

Watercolor sketch of figures in colorful clothing on a sunlit sloping shore beside a blue sea, with a dog and pale sky.

Shore Landscape

Magnus Enckell, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a seated man by a glowing green-tiled fireplace, with a second figure near a doorway at right.

Erik Edelfelt Sitting by the Fire in the Villa in Kilo

Albert Edelfelt

Watercolor of two skeletons dancing with living figures on a wooden pier while onlookers watch by the railing.

Dance on the Quay

Hugo Simberg, 1899

Watercolor and drawing of a hooded figure in a dark cloak walking across a vast snowy field under a grey sky.

Death's Walk

Magnus Enckell, 1896

Watercolor of two seated boys on a beach, one shown from behind, painted in soft orange, yellow and blue washes.

Two Boys on the Beach

Verner Thomé, 1910

Watercolor night scene of an orange moon rising behind spruce trees, with its reflection on a dark lake.

The Moon is Rising

Painted copy of a young rider on a brown horse with a golden mane, framed by a Greek key border and wave pattern.

Young Rider, copy after a mural in a Neapolitan museum

Werner von Hausen, 1901

Watercolor landscape with angular blue, green and brown hills, a figure on a hilltop and a small figure below.

Winter Landscape

Sulho Sipilä, 1917

Painting of a sleeping bearded man in a white shroud, a furred creature at his head, and a crowd of red-hooded figures behind

King Hobgoblin Sleeping

Hugo Simberg, 1896

Adam (Night)

Magnus Enckell, 1896

Watercolor and ink city view with pale tree trunks, dark-windowed buildings, red houses, a horse and cart, and a figure in a

City View

Sulho Sipilä, 1918

Watercolor of a village shop: a shopkeeper in a dark coat faces two customers leaning on a wooden counter beside brass scales

The Village Shop

Eero Järnefelt, 1905

Watercolor of a skeletal Death listening to a barefoot boy play violin in a wooden room, a woman asleep in bed behind.

Death Listens

Hugo Simberg, 1897

Pencil sketch of a spruce tree behind a fence beside a watercolor of a mossy grey boulder on pale paper.

Kaksi harjoitelmaa: vasemmalla kuusi aidan vieressä, oikealla kivilohkare

Werner Holmberg, 1848