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Jukka Aho
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Re: Finnish Art

Post by Jukka Aho » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:34 pm

Pursuivant wrote:You mean the one of Mariko of Kwan as Aino?
Oh, that one. Here are some news stories about the picture:
And here’s Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s triptych Aino-taru (“The Aino Story”), the “classic” depiction of the myth:


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Rosamunda
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Re: Finnish Art

Post by Rosamunda » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:10 pm

The triptych is in the exhibition. I think it usually hangs in the Turku Museum of Fine Art (?).

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Re: Finnish Art

Post by Cloudberry » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:51 pm

Ah, I thought it (The Aino Triptych) belonged to the Ateneum in Helsinki. Unfortunately we won't be in Finland until after the exhibition closes but will have to make a trip to Turku to see it! My grandfather painted it many years ago and I would love to see the original one.
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Re: Finnish Art

Post by Rosamunda » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:30 pm

You're right, I was wrong... at least Wiki says it usually hangs in Ateneum....

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... iptych.jpg

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Re: Finnish Art

Post by Guillo » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:24 pm

Well, obviously galleries and museums are a good place to go find information about art. As far as the internet goes, try to find art-specific forums and sites in Finnish (assuming you can speak the language). Trying out college professors might be a good start, they may at least point you to some proper sources. History teachers may be a good source, not only art teachers. There was a huge romantic national movement in Finland during the late XIX, early XXth centuries.

As far as the language resources mentioned in the last page, that's an issue with ANY machine translator. I suggest looking for language specific pages, like these Dallas Translation Services, and check out if they have forums. Most translation companies that run forums have translators participate in them, and as long as you have short phrases and stuff, they'll probably be your best bet for some free help.


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