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  Jorma Gallen-Kallela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 - 1 December 1939) was a Finnish artist.
After the destruction of his father's frescoes in the Juselius Mausoleum in Pori after the death of his father in 1931, Jorma used his father's sketches to recreate the artwork.
Jorma Gallen-Kallela took part of the Winter War as a lieutenant.
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 Akseli Gallen-Kallela
In his Paris studio Gallen painted Demasquée (1888), a portrait of a young naked woman sitting on a sofa.
With the help of his son Jorma and other assistants Gallen-Kallela painted the frescoes anew in 1928 in the cupola of the National Museum entrance hall, but this time the work did not bring any joy to him - he felt he only repeated what he had done earlier.
In his son Jorma he saw a successor, who would continue his work.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /gallen.htm   (2295 words)

  
 Mannerheim Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Finns also mastered camouflage techniques, which they put to use when building this defensive line.
The name Mannerheim Line was spread by foreign journalists and it was supposedly coined by Jorma Gallen-Kallela.
In the Winter War the Line halted the Soviet advance for two months.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mannerheim_Line   (547 words)

  
 Akseli Gallen-Kallela: A national cosmopolitan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Gallen-Kallela's life was marked by many changes of domicile and a great many trips abroad.
In the early 1890s he designed and built his first combined studio and home at Kalela in Ruovesi, where his children Kirsti and Jorma were born.
Already at the turn of the century, the family went abroad, first to Europe and later to Africa.
www.gallen-kallela.fi /akseli/cosmo.html   (437 words)

  
 Embassy of Finland, Washington, Consulates General of Finland, New york and Los Angeles - About Finland, General ...
Jorma Uotinen is one of the most popular choreographers and dancers in Finland.
He has danced all over the world and was the director of the National Ballet from 1992-2001.
Conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka Pekka Saraste have made their mark along with opera singers Matti Salminen, Karita Mattila, Jorma Hynninen and Monica Groop.
www.finland.org /doc/en/about/general/arts.asp   (658 words)

  
 Churches in Finland
F.A. Juselius had the mausoleum built for his daughter who died when she was only 11 years old.
The original frescoes painted by Akseli Gallen-Kallela have been destroyed, but repainted by his son, Jorma Gallen-Kallela.
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 Biography of Akseli Gallen Kallela - Biographyies List - BiograhpyFinder.com
Biography of Akseli Gallen Kallela - Biographyies List - BiograhpyFinder.com
Akseli Gallen Kallela (1865 - 1931) - Finnish painter
Akseli Gallen Kallela (April 26, 1865 - March 7, 1931) was a Finnish painter who is most of all known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
www.biographyfinder.com /s1211-Akseli-Gallen.html   (282 words)

  
 Juselius Mausoleum, Pori
To the west of the center of Pori are the Old Cemetery and beyond this the New Cemetery, with the Juselius Mausoleum (by Josef Stenbäck, 1902), built by a local industrialist, F. Juselius, for his daughter, who died at the age of 11.
The mausoleum was originally decorated with frescoes by the well-known painter of the Finnish "National Romantic" school, Akseli Gallén-Kallela, but when these deteriorated they were replaced by paintings executed by Gallén- Kallela's son Jorma, following his father's original designs.
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