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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

1865 - 1931

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Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén; 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) 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 finnicized his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akseli Gallen-Kallela is the 226th most popular painter (up from 290th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Finland (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Painter.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela is most famous for his paintings of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 226 out of 2,023. Before him are Andrea del Castagno, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Francesco Hayez, Piero di Cosimo, Raoul Dufy, and Petrus Christus. After him are Jacopo Bellini, Ferdinand Hodler, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Gerard van Honthorst, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Domenichino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 19. Before him are Alexander Glazunov, Suzanne Valadon, Sven Hedin, Wilfrid Voynich, Paul Dukas, and Philipp Scheidemann. After him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Jacques Hadamard, John Mott, Félix Vallotton, Andranik, and Benjamin Guggenheim. Among people deceased in 1931, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Joffre, Theo van Doesburg, Arnold Bennett, Geli Raubal, George Herbert Mead, and F. W. Murnau. After him are Armand Fallières, Nathan Söderblom, Peter Kürten, Carin Göring, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Dionysios Kasdaglis.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 20 out of 751. Before him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Mika Waltari (1908), Ragnar Granit (1900), Johan Gadolin (1760), Risto Ryti (1889), and Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861). After him are Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Mikael Agricola (1510), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Arto Paasilinna (1942), and Kyösti Kallio (1873).

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Among PAINTERS In Finland

Among painters born in Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 1. After him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Albert Edelfelt (1854), Hugo Simberg (1873), Tom of Finland (1920), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Ellen Thesleff (1869), Magnus Enckell (1870), Pekka Halonen (1865), Fanny Churberg (1845), and Helena Westermarck (1857).

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