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From Folk Life and Myths to a Modern World Works from the Collections of the Ateneum Art Museum II 1870-1909

( 2019-02-08) Ateneumin Taldemuseo, Konstmuseet Ateneum, Ateneum Art Museum

This book presents works by Finnish artists from the collections of the Ateneum Art Museum, introducing Finnish art from the turn of the 20th century. Artists were either aspiring to the sophisticated or bohemian life of the French, or presenting their own people. The delicate effects of Impressionism, adopted in France, were used for depicting both the world of Kalevala as well as the Breton people and seaside, and views of Paris as well as the Finnish winter. Intimate pictures of familiar people and places unravel the Finnish mentality.
From Landscapes of the Mind into New Directions Works from the Collections of the Ateneum Art Museum III 1894-1986

( 2019-02-08) Ateneumin Taldemuseo, Konstmuseet Ateneum, Ateneum Art Museum

This book presents works by Finnish artists from the collections of the Ateneum Art Museum, moving from the internalised Symbolism to a world of the modern man. Portraits turn their gaze both inward and outward. Stories of the countryside and cities make us pause in front of the transition in Finnish life and art. Bright colours and new styles are explored in still lifes as well as in depicting the mysteries of life. The journey ends in the visions of artists all brave and beautiful in their own way.