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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
Sammon taonta, luonnos Suomen paviljongin kupolifreskoihin Pariisin vuoden 1900 maailmannäyttelyyn is an unspecified by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, held at Finnish National Gallery.
This watercolor shows a man hammering hot metal at an anvil. The sparks fly up in quick little bursts. The background is just a few simple shapes—no extra details. It’s a study for a bigger fresco in Paris’s 1900 World’s Fair pavilion. The artist kept it small and light, easy to move. That makes sense for a sketch. Next time you’re in Helsinki, look up Gallen-Kallela, Akseli.
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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