Author

Publication

2018-02-06 - National Gallery London

Language

English

Word Count

18,000 words, Guess

Page Count

72 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10185709624X
  • ISBN-139781857096248
  • OCLC Control Number1016907941
  • Better World Books9781857096248
  • Open LibraryOL27358459M

Classifications

  • LCCND955.F53
  • LCCND955.F53 G352 2017

Description

Relatively unknown outside of his homeland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) was a leading figure in modern Finnish painting and the decorative arts. This publication focuses on four versions of his shimmering depictions of Lake Keitele (1904-5), showing them for the first time in the context of Gallen-Kallela's output. It retraces through analysis of a dozen works, from public and private Finnish collections, the genesis of this particular stylized lake composition in the early 1880s, and its persistence throughout the artist's oeuvre until well into the 1920s. Anne Robbins examines the abstract and modernist pictures of Lake Keitele in the light of the international avant-gardes with which Gallen-Kallela was in contact and places him as a key figure in the development of early 20th-century Modernism. Exhibition: National Gallery, London, UK (15.11.2017-04.02.2018).

Subjects

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!