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01/27/2009

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Edlefelt: A Child's Funeral, 1879, Finland
 
-isolated but regular moment in peasant's life
-seems there is no end (or beginning) to journey
-modeled after baptism, changed some details to make it a funeral
 
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Edlefelt: Old Women of Ruokolahti on the Church Hill, 1887, Finland
 
-Finnish subject is significant, struggle for Finnish independence
-ethnographic image, historic past that unifies Finland
-little deep space so viewers focus on women
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Eugen: The Cloud, 1895, Sweden
 
-had idea in mind first and then sought examples in nature
-cloud form was first going to be a sun
-path shows longing for something beyond reality
-emotional response from setting, line, and form
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Eugen: The Forest, 1892, Sweden
 
-stylized, simplified --> trees are 2-D, almost abstracted
-connection between trees and people of Sweden, geographical determinism
-fir tree has national symbolism for Sweden
-radically cropped
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Eugen: The Old Castle, 1893, Sweden
 
-painted in frustrated response to bad reception of The Water Sprite, supposed to evoke as bad of reception by critics
-testament to lonliness, anxiety
-as a prince, Eugen never felt fully accepted by artist community --> castle isoated
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Fjaestad: Running Water, 1906, Sweden
 
-Winter scene shows uniqueness of Swedish climate/landscape
-otherwise boring subj. enlivened by water movement
-in keeping with Art Nouveau thought: nature promotes healthful living, unification of art --> elevate Decorative art to fine art status
-influenced by Monet's water lilies
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Fjaestad: Running Water Tapestry, 1906, Sweden
 
-flat decorative nature of painting lended itself well to tapestry
-seductive like the water sprite
-weaving by sisters
-mysticism
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Fjaestad: Winter Moonlight, 1895, Sweden
 
-utter calm and quiet
-pontalist technique provides decorative unity, cavas almost shimmers
-simple, partial view of tree
-importance of outdoors to health as well as Swedish identity
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Gallen-Kallela: Boy with Crow, 1884, Finland
 
-blurred background, highly detailed foreground
-quite similar to Bastien-Lepage's "Pauvre Fauvette"
-muted yellow tonality
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Gallen-Kallela: Demasquee, 1888, Finland
 
-brazen, confident, bold model (e.g. cigarette considered risque for women)
-Bohemian lifestyle shown (Japanese fan, Buddha, skull)
-Finnish rug in background
-guitar = musical seduction, lily = purity, innocence
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Gallen-Kallela: Lemminkainen's Mother, 1897, Finland
 
-story from Kalevala tells of human search for secrets of death, know the unknowable
-surrounded by symbols of death (skulls, red moss, black river)
-personal statement of a mother's love
-black outline similar to his work with stained glass
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Gallen-Kallela: Symposium, 1894, Finland
 
-commardarie of Finnish artists (artist, musicians, composer) trying spark Finnish art renaissance
-captures drunken stupor, humor suggested at how serious they take themselves (?)
-moon and stars in the background, winged apparition
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Jansson: Dawn over Riddarfjarden, 1899, Sweden
 
-view painted from studio window --> view on high
-undulating curve of shore and lights
-distinguish btwn. water/sky, water/land through use of different stroke techniques (vs. Strindberg unity)
-cityscape popular subject for Jansson
-"Blue" painting
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Jansson: Hornsgatan at Night, 1901, Sweden
 
-low vantage point (unique for Jansson, not from studio window)
-rhythmic strokes
-left side closed off by unlit bldgs. --> loneliness
-town full of people but still isolated
-U-turn of lights traps viewer in painting
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Jansson: The Outskirts of the City, 1899, Sweden
 
-commenting on the new working class housing
-movement towards creation of suburbs/slum areas
-field shows positive response to the housing project, thought to benefit cause of the worker
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Jarnfelt: Lefranc Wine Merchant, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, 1888, Finland
 
-study of light effects, entire scene is backlit
-common naturalist subject
-shows isolation of living in modern world
-anchored by marble table and centered by stairs
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Jarnefelt: The Wage Slaves (Burning The Forrest Clearing), 1893, Finland
 
-socially conscious commentary
-rural poverty that caused immigration to cities and other countries
-girl's gaze suggests it is a life of continuous hopeless work and numbing degredation
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Schjerfbeck: Self-Portrait with Palette, 1937-45, Finland
 
-painted a lot of selfies in her old age (readily available subject)
-mask-like simple face
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Schjerfbeck: The Convalescent, 1888, Finland
 
-not unusual subject but specical personal significance, autobiographical (? possibly)
-nearly blooming plant is obviously symbolic
-realist/naturalistic style
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Schjerfbeck: The Seamstress, 1905, Finland
 
-seated female domestic moment
-scissors by chair only hint to occupation
-no obvious political statement
-angular lines and faceted planes (face)
-reduced to absolute essentials
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Strindberg: Night of Jealousy, 1893, Sweden
 
-no formal training --> frees him to experiment with technique
-in response to unfaithfulness of his lover (though he was already in a relationship)
-palette knife scratches echo the random energy of nature
-pigment on canvas is emotionally laden
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Strindberg: White Maritime Signal, 1892, Sweden
 
-going through divorce at the time (depressed)
-typical Romantic subj. matter = hope from storm
-expressionistic but not abstract, at least minimally linked to nature
-tactile sense from how paint applied and pushed around (palette knife, fingers, rag)
-discovery of unconscious, function of soul vs. function of will
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Eugen: Still Water, 1901, Sweden
 
-Simple and stylized, symmetrical
-Calm, breathless, serene mood
- Landscape linked with Nationalism, Swedish landscape in contrast with ruggedNorwegian landscape
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Gallen-Kallela: Waterfall at Mantykoski, 1892-4, Finland
 
-highly decorative [colors, frame (not pictured)]
-originally with figures but replaced with 5 strings
-strings represent music, symbolism
-Japanese influence (e.g. vertical orientation)
-decorated frame shows attempt to extend art to all mediums
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