【Category】Oil on canvas
【Specification】86×72cm
[Date] 1884
[Author] Axelli Garen Kalera
【Collection】National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
The Boy and the Crow
(Boy and crow)
【Finnish】
【About the Author】
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) Finnish painter. Born in Pori, Finland, to a native Swedish-speaking family, his father worked as a bank clerk, raised horses, and worked as a police officer and lawyer. At the age of 11, Calella was sent to Helsinki with her brother and brother for systematic education, during which time Calela was passionate about painting, but her father was opposed. Eventually, After receiving her basic education, Calera entered the Academy of Fine Arts to study painting, and the painter Adolf von Becker had a deep influence on him. The death of her father left the family in financial difficulty, and Calella supported her studies through her income from illustrations.
Between 1884 and 1889, Calera studied at the Accademia Julien in Paris, France, while also studying in the studio of the painter Fernand Cormon. In 1890, Calera married Mary Slöör and had three children, and in 1895, during an exhibition in Berlin, he received the bad news of her daughter's death, which made him think more deeply about his creative style. After returning from Germany, Calera studied printmaking and went to Italy to study frescoes, which he painted at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. From 1909 to 1911 Calera traveled to Africa, and upon his return he designed and built his own studio near Helsinki. In 1918, he took part in the Civil War during Finland's independence process, during which he designed the corresponding flags, uniforms and medals. Between 1923 and 1926, he lived in Callera, USA, and held city touring exhibitions that made him even more successful.