Summer in Halosenniemi is spent under the Paris sky
Halosenniemiu0026#x27;s summer exhibition u0026quot;Under the Parisian Sky – Artistsu0026#x27; French Themesu0026quot; opens on Wednesday, 30 April. The exhibition presents paintings by Finnish artists from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, created during their years of study in France. Paris attracted artists from all over Europe. After studying art in Finland, Pekka Halonen studied in Paris in the early 1890s. In the spring of 1894, he was taught by the famous French painter Paul Gauguin.
From the end of the 19th century, Finnish artists travelled to Paris to study art. Paris was the centre of the latest art trends, and new movements emerged alongside traditional academic painting. Albert Edelfelt and Gunnar Berndtson arrived in the city in the 1870s and began working as history painters. Axel Gallén, Emil Wikström and Pekka Halonen came to Paris in the 1880s and 1890s, initially painting in the spirit of realism and naturalism. In the 1890s, Finnish artists moved from realism towards national romanticism or symbolism.
Dora Wahlroos, Elin Danielson-Gambogi and Hanna Rönnberg, who studied in Paris, were also members of the Önningeby artists’ colony founded by Victor Westerholm in Åland in the 1880s and 1890s. Younger painters in the early 20th century, such as Marcus Collin and Eero Nelimarkka, both from Marraskuu, took up Parisian themes in their own expressive and modern style.
Paris was one of the most modern cities in Europe; art exhibitions were held not only in museums and academies but also in informal gallery exhibitions. Artists were fascinated by cafés, variety shows and theatres. The wide boulevards built during the reign of Napoleon III created a new cityscape, which was reflected in painting subjects. In the summer, the French countryside attracted artists, as did the parks of Paris.
The Halosenniemi exhibition features works by Pekka Halonen, Marcus Collin, Elin Danielson-Gambog, Albert Edelfelt, Axel Gallén, Eero Järnefelt, Eero Nelimarkka, Jalmari Ruokokoski and Dora Wahlroos, among others.
Under the Paris sky – French themes in art
30 April–14 September 2025
Halosenniemi
Halosenniementie 4–6, Tuusula
Tel. 040 314 3466
www.halosenniemi.fi(opens in a new window, switch to another service)
Open
30 April–31 August Mon–Sun 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
2–14 September Tue–Sun 12 noon–5 p.m.
Admission fees
: Adults €12,
pensioners and students €10,
children aged 0–18 €0. Free admission with
a Museum Card or Kaiku Card.
Guided tours for the public
on Wednesday afternoons in Finnish at 2 p.m. and on Sundays in Finnish at 1 p.m. and in English at 2 p.m.
For further information about the exhibition,
please contact exhibition curator Päivi Ahdeoja-Määttä, tel. +358 40 314 3462, paivi.ahdeoja@tuusula.fi.
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