Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Artist

Finnish painter who also made rugs, furniture and stained glass in a national Karelian style.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela is best known for his paintings from the Kalevala and his frescoes in the National Museum in Helsinki.

Around 1900 he designed ryijy rugs and furniture for the Finnish pavilion at the Paris Exposition and revived the old ryijy technique.

• Liekki, the Flame ryijy