Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 93 years ago |
Date of birth | April 26,1865 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Pori |
Finland | |
Date of died | March 7,1931 |
Died | Stockholm |
Sweden | |
On view | Ateneum |
Malmö Konstmuseum | |
Periods | Romanticism |
Symbolism | |
Expressionism | |
Modern art | |
Art Nouveau | |
Realism | |
Impressionism | |
Spouse | Mary Gallen-Kallela |
Place of burial | Hietaniemi cemetery, Helsinki, Finland |
Children | Jorma Gallen-Kallela |
Job | Painter |
Books | Akseli Gallen-Kallela |
Kalevala: the national Epic of Finland | |
Akseli Gallen-Kallela - in the wilderness | |
Known for | Painting |
Siblings | Konrad Filip Gallén |
Ernst Filemon Gallén | |
Viola Gallén | |
Hugo Walter Gallén | |
Claes Uno Gallén | |
Axel Gallén | |
Parents | Peter Gallén |
Anna Mathilda Gallén | |
Period by artworks | Romanticism |
Symbolism | |
Modern art | |
Expressionism | |
Works | Lake Keitele |
Lemminkäinen's Mother | |
Boy with a Crow | |
Démasquée | |
Nationality | Finnish |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1665586 |
Akseli Gallen-Kallela Life story
Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.