Mannerheim in the collections of The Gallen-Kallela Museum

In 1918 Akseli Gallen-Kallela fought on the frontline of the Finnish Civil War for two weeks. Afterwards he was invited by General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim to design flags, official decorations, uniforms and more for the new, independent Finland. Akseli Gallen-Kallela also served as Mannerheim’s…

List of Mary Gallén’s piano students 1910s-1930s

Amongst her many talents, Mary Gallén, wife of the artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela, was a musician, a concert pianist. During 1910-1930’s she excelled as a piano teacher. The list shows Mary’s 168 piano students.

Kalevala dataset 

The first set consists of 145 images from the Great Kalevala. Akseli Gallen-Kallela started working with the illustrated version of Finnish national epic Kalevala at the beginning of the early 20th century. The hand-painted and handwritten version of the Kalevala was to be his gift to Finnish…