Kullervo’s Curse

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Kullervo’s Curse is a famous painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela depicting the tragic Kalevala hero Kullervo at a moment of intense rage and doom.

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Kullervo’s Curse canonical 2
Kullervo Cursing 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
work of art
artForm oil painting
artisticPeriodOfCreator late 19th century Finnish art
associatedWith Finnish national identity
Finnish national romantic art
basedOn Kalevala
surface form: Finnish national epic Kalevala
countryOfCulturalOrigin Grand Duchy of Finland
countryOfOrigin Finland
creator Akseli Gallen-Kallela
culture Finnish culture
depicts Kullervo
depictsCharacterOrigin Finnish mythology
depictsEmotion despair
intense rage
depictsMoment Kullervo cursing his fate
depictsMythology Finnish mythology
fictionalUniverse Kalevala
genre history painting
mythological painting
hasArtisticStyleElement dramatic composition
expressive use of color
symbolic imagery
hasCulturalSignificance important representation of Kalevala hero Kullervo in visual art
hasTheme doom
fate
rage
tragedy
vengeance
inspiredBy Kalevala
languageOfCulturalContext Finnish
mainSubject tragic hero Kullervo in a moment of rage
movement Romantic nationalism
surface form: National Romanticism

Symbolism
narrativeLocation Kalevala
surface form: Kalevala cycle about Kullervo
narrativeSourceAuthor Elias Lönnrot
notableWorkOf Akseli Gallen-Kallela
partOf Gallen-Kallela’s Kalevala-themed works
portrays moment of impending doom
subjectOccupation mythic warrior
subjectRole tragic hero
visualFocus solitary male figure

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Akseli Gallen-Kallela notableWork Kullervo’s Curse
The Kullervo Series hasPart Kullervo’s Curse
this entity surface form: Kullervo Cursing
The Kullervo Series hasPart Kullervo’s Curse