The Kalela Porch (1900)
Akseli Gallen-Kallela1900 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1931)
Specifications
- Year
- 1900
- Nationality / school
- Finnish
- Lifespan
- 1865–1931
About the artwork
This page presents "The Kalela Porch" (1900), created by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is portrait. Background on Landscape: Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting. The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. Historical background, 1900: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other.
"The Kalela Porch" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Finnish, 1865–1931
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