Grande Pica-Pau Negro / Vida Selvagem (Palokarki / Great Black Woodpecker or Wilderness) - Akseli Gallen-Kallela
A pintura retrata o Lago Paanajärvi, na época território finlandês e atualmente território russo.
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OST - 144x88 - 1892-1894
Painted between 1892 and 1894, the work is a fusion of styles
from both French Realism and the burgeoning Nordic Landscape movement; and
while Gallen-Kallela would continue experimenting with combining these two
styles, the present work was the artist’s first successful execution of this
synthesis. Across the large canvas, we witness how Gallen-Kallela’s adherence
to Realism aligns with his growing interest in the emotional evocation of
nature.
Measuring 57 ¼ by 35 ¾ inches, the work captures the starling
landscape of Lake Paanajärvi, then in northeastern Finland and now just beyond
the Russian border. In the foreground is the stark contrast of a single
woodpecker, its deep black plumage accented by a red crown of feathers.
To Gallen-Kallela, the woodpecker symbolized Finnish
nationalism, the beauty of the natural world and his defiant resistance to
“Russification,” a program of systematic attempts by Russian authorities to
culturally assimilate the Finns prior to winning their independence in 1917.
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