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Lake Keitele
Lake Keitele

Date : 1905

Dimensions : 66 cm x 53 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Purchase (1999)
National Gallery
Seurat and Pissarro
Main Building - First Floor - Section 44
Item 2 on 18
French Painting
Painting (Paysage)

Area related
Finlande



Description   

Lake Keitele is north of Helsinki. Gallen-Kallela paints the site naturalistically but also imbues the image with a symbolic dimension, the silvery streaks that criss-cross the water evoking the presence of the mythical hero Väinämöinen as he passes by in his boat. The artist has signed it with the Swedish form of his name, as opposed to the Finnish by which he is known today.
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