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Akseli Gallen-Kallela — MetaHistoryBook
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Finnish painter (1865-1931)
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Wikidata (Q170068) ↗
Details
Instance of
human
Born
26 April 1865
, 1865
Died
7 March 1931
, 1931
Place of birth
Pori
Place of death
Stockholm
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Akseli
Family name
Gallen-Kallela
Spouse
Mary Gallen-Kallela
Child
Kirsti Gallen-Kallela
,
Jorma Gallen-Kallela
Sibling
Uno Gallén
Movement
Romanticism
,
Symbolism
,
romantic nationalism
Genre
portrait
,
history painting
,
landscape painting
,
Impressionism
,
photography
,
work of art
Field of work
painting
Occupation
painter
,
printmaker
,
illustrator
,
architect
,
designer
,
exlibrist
,
draftsperson
Citizenship
Finland
,
Grand Duchy of Finland
Native language
Swedish
,
Finnish
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour
,
Ducat Prize
,
Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
,
Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
,
Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class
,
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Olav
artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
birth name
Axel Waldemar Gallén
catalogue raisonné
Akseli Gallen-Kallela catalogue raisonné
cause of death
pneumonia
described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
,
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Albert Edelfelt's letters
,
Writers in Finland 1917–1944
educated at
Académie Julian
,
Gymnasiet Svenska normallyceum
,
Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki
has works in the collection
Belvedere
,
Finnish National Gallery
,
Nationalmuseum
,
Museum of Modern Art
,
City of Pori art collection
,
National Museum of Finland
,
Gallen-Kallela Museum
,
Turku Art Museum
,
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
,
Helsinki City Museum
,
Mannerheim Museum
,
Didrichsen Art Museum
languages spoken, written or signed
Swedish
,
Finnish
manner of death
natural causes
medical condition
diphtheria
name in native language
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
notable work
The Artist's Mother
,
Lemminkäinen's Mother
,
The Defense of the Sampo
number of children
3
participant in
General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm
,
Exposition Universelle of 1900
,
11th Venice Biennale
partner in business or sport
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
,
Louis Sparre
place of burial
Hietaniemi cemetery
residence
Kalela
significant person
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
,
Jean Sibelius
student
Alpo Sailo
,
Vera Meyerson
,
Carl Bengts
student of
Carl Jahn
,
Fredrik Ahlstedt
,
Adolf von Becker
,
Fernand Cormon
,
Sigfrid Keinänen
topic has template
Template:Akseli Gallen-Kallela
topic's main category
Category:Akseli Gallen-Kallela
work location
Helsinki
,
Kalela
,
Paris
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Authority files
VIAF ↗
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
BnF ↗
Treccani ↗
Connected on Wikidata
Creator of
Lemminkäinen's Mother
Démasquée
The Defense of the Sampo
In the Sauna
Kullervo Rides to War
Aino Myth
Kullervo Cursing
Lake Keitele
Parisian backyard
Ad Astra
Old Woman With a Cat
Symposium
Appears in
Sibelius
Depicted in
Symposium
Gallen-Kallela memorial statue
Parent of
Jorma Gallen-Kallela
Kirsti Gallen-Kallela
Spouse of
Mary Gallen-Kallela