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Akseli Gallen-Kallela: The Curse of Kullervo. The wild and tragic figure of Kullervo in the Kalevala, Finland's national epic found a fervent interpretation in the art of Akseli Gallen-Kallela, who depicted Kullervo's headlong rush from one misfortune to another with verve and empathy. Gallen-Kallela described the problems of creating this work in the following terms: "My Kalevala painting, with a life-size figure stands in the middle of the studio, inviting me to work on it, inviting and badgering me at the same time, for each time I try to paint, it tells me how unclean and weak my thoughts and hands are in these times." |    
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