From the collection of Helsinki City Museum
Tulipalo Helsingissä is a work by Robert Wilhelm Ekman, held at Helsinki City Museum.
This sketch shows a big crowd gathered outside a burning building. The fire glows red against dark smoke, lighting up the scene. People stand close together, watching the flames. The artist used quick, rough lines to show the chaos. The fire looks wild, almost alive, with bright streaks in the smoke. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build dark tones with lines.
Robert Wilhelm Ekman (August 13, 1808 – February 19, 1873), a.k.a. R. W. Ekman, was a significant teacher and painter of the Finnish romantic portraits and early national romanticism.
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