Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Illustration to the "Great Kalevala" 1925-1931
Rune 1: "Thus I hear it spoken...".
Water colour, 41.5 x 66 cm
The Gallen-Kallela Museum.

Gallen-Kallela prepared the first, impressive studies for his last major work of illustration, the "Great Kalevala", in Chicago. The work continued in Finland, but was interrupted by the artist's death in 1931.

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