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 Finnis...

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 Impressioni...