Sunday, November 9, 2025

Akseli Gallen-Kallela
 (1865–1931)
 

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén) 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akseli_Gallen-Kallela


Great Black Woodpecker
1893
Gouache on paper
90 x 145 cm
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

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