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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
Sammon puolustus, luonnos Suomen paviljongin kupolifreskoihin Pariisin vuoden 1900 maailmannäyttelyyn is an unspecified by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, held at Finnish National Gallery.
This watercolor sketch shows a man in a fur hat holding a large sword. His face is shadowed, the blade catches the light. The background is spare—just a hint of snow and trees. Gallen-Kallela used gouache on paper for bold colors. The sketch was a study for a bigger fresco planned for Paris in 1900. It’s one of many small works he made before big projects. See how the light plays on the metal? That’s glazing—a trick to make colors glow. Look up: glazing.
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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