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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
Rauman kirkko is an unspecified by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, held at Finnish National Gallery.
This painting shows an old stone archway with a small doorway inside. The walls are rough and weathered, with patches of moss or lichen. A green door stands slightly ajar, revealing a dim space beyond. Branches of a bare tree frame the top of the arch, letting in a bit of blue sky. The brushstrokes are thick and textured, especially on the stone and sky. It looks like the artist used paint in heavy layers to show the rough surface. Next, check out impasto to see how artists use thick paint like this.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén; 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter and a leading figure of Finnish romantic nationalism around the turn of the 20th century.
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