Keskikesä
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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
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From the collection of Finnish National Gallery
Keskikesä is an unspecified by Per Åke Laurén, held at Finnish National Gallery.
This painting shows a blurry forest scene with four people in the middle. Two are standing, one is bending over, and another is floating mid-air. The colors are soft and muddy, with lots of green and brown brushstrokes. The artist used thick, textured paint—you can almost see the strokes. The people look like they’re part of the landscape, not sharply defined. Look up impasto to see how this thick paint technique works.
Per Åke Laurén painted quiet, luminous scenes of rural Finland in the mid-20th century, often leaving the brushwork loose and the edges soft.
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