Collection: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén; 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) 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 finnicized his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.
Adolf von Becker, Fredrik Ahlstedt, and Fernand Cormon taught him. His best-known works include The Artist's Mother, The Defense of the Sampo, and Lemminkäinen's Mother. He focused on portrait. He is identified with Symbolism and romantic nationalism.
His oeuvre falls under Romanticism.
