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Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Jean Sibelius and Fantasy Landscape  wikidata:Q111242740 reasonator:Q111242740
Artist
Akseli Gallen-Kallela  (1865–1931)  wikidata:Q170068 q:fi:Akseli Gallen-Kallela
 
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Alternative names
Axel Waldemar Gallén
Description Finnish painter, printmaker, illustrator, architect and designer
Date of birth/death 26 April 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 7 March 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Pori Edit this at Wikidata Stockholm Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q170068
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Sibelius as the Composer of En saga
label QS:Lfi,"Sibelius Sadun säveltäjänä"
label QS:Len,"Sibelius as the Composer of En saga"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Gallen-Kallela was inspired by Sibelius' tone poem En saga (A Fairy Tale). On the right is Sibelius himself, at top left is the visuals it brought to Gallen-Kallela's mind and the empty section at bottom left was supposed to have notes from the tone poem, but Sibelius didn't wish to add them.
Date 1894
date QS:P571,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium gouache and watercolor
Ainola
Notes Although there are higher resolution versions they either seemed to have their colors too dark or too light, so please don't replace this with ones that have very different colors, upload a new one if you must.
References http://kirjava.fng.fi/bibliografia/bibliografiat.php?path=&res=AUDEAJqRAAAAAA%3D%3D; https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10843869; http://www.ainola.fi/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/UUSI-Ainola-esittely-suomi.pdf; von Donsdorff, Anna-Maria (2017). "Correspondences – Jean Sibelius in a Forest of Image and Myth". FNG Research. https://fngresearch.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/fngr_2017-1_von_bonsdorff_anna_maria_article1.pdf; https://www.ainola.fi/ainola-kotina/taideteokset/
Source/Photographer http://levyhyllynkahluu.blogspot.com/2015/12/sibelius-savelrunot-ym.html
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