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Book Review
Silent Beauty: Nordic and East Asian Interaction. Edited by Anne-Marie Pennonen and Hanne Selkokari
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 792
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Reviewer:
Bolwell, Sarah (Bolwell, Sarah)
Subjects
media:
Ceramics / Architecture / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
places:
Japan / Korea / Sweden / Finland / China
styles:
Modernism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Vase, Arabia, by Kyllikki Salmenhaara. 1959. Glazed stoneware with chamotte, height 43 cm. (Design Museum, Helsinki).
Exhibition Review
Kupka: Pioneer of Abstraction. Grand Palais, Paris
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 591-593
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Reviewer:
Masters, Christopher (Masters, Christopher)
Subjects
art literature:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm / Swedenborg, Emanuel / Leighten, Patricia
artists:
Kupka, František
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Grand Palais, Paris, France / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Národní Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic
places:
France / Paris / Finland / Helsinki / Czech Republic / Prague
subjects:
Czech painting / Abstract art / Symbolist movement / Salon d'Automne, Paris / Visual sources / Anarchism / Surveys
subjects:
Salon des réalités nouvelles / Antisemitism / Theosophy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Amorpha: fugue in two colours, by František Kupka. 1912. Canvas, 211 by 220 cm. (National Gallery, Prague; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. Around a point, by František Kupka. 1920–30. Canvas, 194.5 by 200 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
22. Water (the bather), by František Kupka. 1906–09. Canvas, 63 by 80 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Magic Realism
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 338-340
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Reviewer:
Rylands, Philip (Rylands, Philip)
Subjects
art literature:
Roh, Franz
artists:
Rousseau, Henri / Severini, Gino / Chirico, Giorgio de / Guidi, Virgilio / Carrà, Carlo / Casorati, Felice / Donghi, Antonio
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
places:
Italy / Trento / Rovereto / Finland / Helsinki / Germany / Essen
subjects:
Italian painting / Magic realism / Futurism / Symbolist movement / Post-Impressionism / Neo-classicism / Valori Plastici (periodical)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The daughters of Lot, by Carlo Carrà. 1919. Canvas, 110 by 80 cm. (MART, Rovereto).
Attributed works:
20. The pupils, by Felice Casorati. 1927–28. Panel, 169 by 151 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Empedocle Restivo’, Palermo; exh. MART, Rovereto).
Attributed works:
21. The juggler, by Antonio Donghi. 1936. Canvas, 114 by 86.5 cm. (Unicredit Art Collection; exh. MART, Rovereto).
Exhibition Review
Caesar van Everdingen. Alkmaar and Helsinki
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 156-158
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Reviewer:
Sluijter-Seijffert, Nicolette (Sluijter-Seijffert, Nicolette)
Subjects
artists:
Everdingen, Cesar van
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Netherlands
museums and institutions:
Sinebrychoff Art Museum (Finnish National Gallery), Helsinki, Finland
places:
Netherlands / Helsinki / Finland / Alkmaar
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
86. Bacchus and Venus, by Caesar van Everdingen. c.1655-60 (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; exh. Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar)
Attributed works:
87. Trompe-l'oeil with a bust of Venus, by Caesar van Everdingen. 1665 (Mauritshuis, The Hague; exh. Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar)
Attributed works:
88. Officers and standard-bearers of the Old Civic Guard of Alkmaar, by Caesar van Everdingen. 1657 (Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar)
Attributed works:
89. Trompe-l'oeil with a bust of Adonis, by Caesar van Everdingen. 1666 (South African National Gallery, Cape Town; exh. Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar)
Exhibition Review
Modigliani. Lille, Budapest and Helsinki
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 994-995
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Reviewer:
Fraquelli, Simonetta (Fraquelli, Simonetta)
Subjects
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Art moderne de Lille, Villeneuve d Ascq, France / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
places:
Lille / Villeneuve d'Ascq / Hungary / Helsinki / France / Finland / Budapest
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Seated nude with a shirt, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1917 (LaM - Lille Métropole Musée d'Art Moderne, d'Art Contemporain et d'Art Brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq; exh. Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki)
Attributed works:
57. Paul Guillaume, Novo Pilota, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1915 (Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris; exh. Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki)
Attributed works:
58. Head of a woman, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1912 (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki)
Exhibition Review
Symbolist Landscape. Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Helsinki
10/2012 | 1315 | 154
Pages: 724-725
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain / National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
places:
Amsterdam / Edinburgh / Finland / Helsinki / Netherlands / Scotland
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Symbolist movement / Landscapes (visual works)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
57. Vision of the serman (Jacob wrestling with the angel), by Paul Gauguin. 1888. Canvas, 72.2 by 91 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
58. Setting sun, sardine fishing, opus 221 (adagio), by Paul Signac. 1891. Canvas, 65 by 83 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
59. Midsummer night, Nordic motif, by Harald Sohlberg. 1907-13. Canvas, 80 by 115 cm. (Private collection; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
60. Royal Galleries, Ostend, by Léon Spilliaert. 1908. Ink, wash, pen, coloured pencil on paper, 31.7 by 50 cm. (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Gallen-Kallela. Helsinki, Paris and Düsseldorf
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 444-445
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
artists:
Gallen-Kallela, Akseli
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
museums and institutions:
Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo (City Art Gallery), Helsinki, Finland
places:
Paris / Helsinki / Germany / France / Finland / Düsseldorf
print:
Gallen-Kallela, Akseli
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Une passion finlandaise | institution: Ateneum Art Museum , institution: Musée d'Orsay , institution: Museum Kunstpalast
Illustrations
Attributed works:
86. Démasquée, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. 1888. Canvas, 65.5 by 54.5 cm. (Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki; exh. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf).
Attributed works:
87. White roses, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. 1906. Canvas, 62 by 58 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf).
Attributed works:
88. Mäntykoski Falls, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. 1892–94. Canvas, 270 by 156 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf).
Exhibition Review
Nordic landscape painting. Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Minneapolis and Copenhagen
10/2006 | 1243 | 148
Pages: 705-707
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Reviewer:
House, John (House, John; H., J.)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden / Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway / Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, United States / Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
places:
United States / Stockholm / Sweden / Oslo / Norway / Minneapolis / Helsinki / Finland / Denmark / Copenhagen
print:
Scandinavian art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Scandinavian School / Norwegian / Danish painting / Finnish / Swedish painting / Landscapes (visual works)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Mirror of Nature: Nordic Landscape Painting 1840–1910 | institution: Ateneum Art Museum , institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts , institution: Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design , institution: Nationalmuseum , institution: Statens Museum for Kunst
Illustrations
Attributed works:
42. Imatra in winter, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. 1893. Canvas, 153 by 194 cm. (Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
43. A Danish coast: view from Kitnœs by the Roskilde Fjord, by Johan Thomas Lundbye. 1842–43. Canvas, 188.5 by 255.5 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; exh. National-museum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
44. Girls bathing (In the open air), by Anders Zorn. 1890. Canvas, 69 by 101 cm. (Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Exhibition Review
Yoko Ono, Gustav Metzger and Ilya Kabakov. Colchester, Exeter and Dublin
04/1999 | 1153 | 141
Pages: 242-243
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Reviewer:
Jeffreys, David (Jeffreys, David)
Subjects
artists:
Ono, Yoko / Metzger, Gustav / Kabakov, Ilya
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, Great Britain / Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo (City Art Gallery), Helsinki, Finland / Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Great Britain / Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany / Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Colchester / Helsinki / Exeter / Nuremberg / Dublin / England / Finland / Germany / Ireland
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. Installation View of The Children's Hospital, by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. 1998. Mixed Media (Exh. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin).
Attributed works:
53. Yoko Ono with Ceiling Painting (Yes Painting). 1966. Mixed Media (Exh. City Art Museum, Helsinki).
Attributed works:
54. Vertical Memory, by Yoko Ono. 1997, One of Twenty-One Iris Prints with Texts on Plexiglass Plaques (Exh. City Art Museum, Helsinki).
Attributed works:
55. Installation View of Historic Photographs: Warsaw Ghetto, by Gustav Metzger. 1995. Mixed Media (Exh. Kunsthalle, Nürnberg).
Letter
Gauguin's 'Mahana Maa'
01/1999 | 1150 | 141
Pages: 39
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Author:
Wilson, John (Wilson, John)
Subjects
artists:
Gauguin, Paul
dates:
1840-1859 / 1860-1869 / 1870-1909
museums and institutions:
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, United States
places:
Cincinnati / United States / Helsinki / Finland
subjects:
Tahiti
subjects:
Conservation
subjects:
French painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
57. Mahana Maa, by Paul Gauguin. 1848-1903, during Cleaning. 55.2 by 30 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati).
Attributed works:
58. Mahana Maa, by Paul Gauguin. 1892, 54.5 by 31 cm. (Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki).
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