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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Akseli Gallen Kallela




Figures by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen Kallela. He was known for his illustrations for the Kalevala, which is the Finnish national epic. Wikipedia article.

The prints are for sale on Ebay.

Other art works by Gallen Kallela

  
Démasquée, Tapiolan neito

The Aino Triptych

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: The Spirit of Finland
Akseli Gallen-Kallela: The Spirit of Finland

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Ateneum 16.2.-26.5.1996, Turku Art Museum 26.6.-1.9.1996 (Ateneum publications)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Elamakerrallinen rapsodia (Finnish Edition)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Katsoin outoja unia - artist and visionary (WSOY galleria) (Finnish Edition) (Finnish and English Edition)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, National Artist Of Finland

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1865-1931: Erja Pusa ; translation: John Derome]

Finnischer Maler: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Ferdinand Von Wright, Robert Wilhelm Ekman, Magnus Enckell, Fanny Churberg, Pekka Halonen (German Edition)

GALLEN-KALLELA, AKSELI 1865-1931

Kalevala with the Kalevala Art of Akseli Gallen-Kallela The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics)
Kalevala with the Kalevala Art of Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics)

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