GALLEN-KALLELA, Akseli
(b. 1865, Pori, d. 1931, Stockholm)

Finland Awake!

1896
Stained glass window
Gallen-Kallela Museum, Tarvaspää, Espoo

The fanning of emotions by means of a pictorial subject or accompanying lines is Symbolist in origin. Gallen-Kallela, too, infused the mythological and mystical bases of his art with the yearning for a "symbol", felt by almost all the artists of his generation.