Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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Finnish person designer graphic artist human painter

Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a renowned Finnish painter and designer best known for his national romantic works and illustrations of the Kalevala.

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Gallen-Kallela ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finnish person → designer → graphic artist → human → painter →
birthName	Axel Waldemar Gallén →
countryOfCitizenship	Finland → Grand Duchy of Finland →
dateOfBirth	1865-04-26 →
dateOfDeath	1931-03-07 →
designed	Gallen-Kallela’s studio home Kalela in Ruovesi → Tarvaspää studio home in Espoo →
educatedAt	Académie Julian → Finnish Art Society Drawing School →
familyName	Gallen-Kallela → Gallén →
genre	history painting → landscape painting → mythological painting →
givenName	Axel →
hasWorkInCollection	Ateneum Art Museum → Finnish National Gallery → Gallen-Kallela Museum → National Museum of Finland →
influenced	Finnish national identity →
influencedBy	Finnish folklore → Kalevala →
knownFor	Finnish national romantic style → illustrations of the Kalevala → national romantic paintings →
languagesSpoken	Finnish → French → Swedish →
movement	Art Nouveau → National Romanticism → Symbolism →
name	Akseli Gallen-Kallela →
notableWork	Ad Astra → Boy with a Crow → Kalevala frescoes for the Finnish Pavilion at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900) → Kullervo’s Curse → Lake Keitele → Lemminkäinen’s Mother → Old Woman with a Cat → Self-Portrait at the Easel → Self-Portrait with a Skull → The Aino Myth illustrations → The Aino Triptych → The Defense of the Sampo → The Forging of the Sampo → The Fratricide → The Kullervo Series →
occupation	designer → graphic artist → illustrator → painter →
placeOfBirth	Grand Duchy of Finland → Pori →
placeOfDeath	Stockholm → Sweden →
residence	Helsinki → Paris → Ruovesi →
spouse	Mary Slöör →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akseli Gallen-Kallela ("Gallen-Kallela") →	familyName
Akseli Gallen-Kallela →	name
Hietaniemi Cemetery →	notableBurial