Akseli Gallen-Kallela - Important Nordic Design London Wednesday, November 16, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    'Sextio Âr finsk konstflit', Liljevalchs katalog, 1962, p. 33, cat no. 251 for a similar example; Ulf Hård af Segerstad, Finskt konsthantverk, Stockholm, 1968, p. 51, fig. 2 for a similar example; Tuomas Sopanen and Leena Willberg, The Ryijy-rug lives on: Finnish Ryijy-Rugy 1778-2008, Kuopio, 2008, n.p. for a similar example

  • Catalogue Essay

    Akseli Gallen-Kallela, one of the leading Finnish artists of the early 20th century, painted the frescoes for the Finnish Pavilion at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. A staunch supporter of independence from Russia, Gallen-Kallela painted politically charged works and later fought along the front during the Finnish Civil War. Widely travelled, Gallen-Kallela studied at the Académie Julian in Paris; exhibited with Edvard Munch in Berlin; painted expressionistic canvases in Kenya; and lived for a period at the Taos art colony in New Mexico. In the years before his death, he illustrated The Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot’s compilation of Finnish oral folktales and myths.

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Rare and early carpet

c. 1900
Handwoven wool.
381 x 146.5 cm (150 x 57 5/8 in)
Produced by Suomen Käsityön Ystävät, Finland (The Friends of Finnish Handicrafts).

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for £23,750

Important Nordic Design

17 November 2011
London