Finnish art
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Finnish art started to form its individual characteristics in the 19th century, when romantic nationalism began to rise in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.
Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood), Eero Järnefelt, 1893
Elk's Head on a 1964 Finnish stamp
Stone age axe head with a human figure, Kiuruvesi
Stone age bear head cudgel, Paltamo
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Moonlit Landscape, 1881, his first oil painting
Boy and a Crow, 1884 (fi)
Decaying Sander, 1884 (fi)