Wäinö Aaltonen – Wikipédia

Wäinö Aaltonen (born the 8 mars 1894 in Karinaninen and died the May 30, 1966 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sculptor ^{[ first ]} . He is considered to be ahead of his time and as a pioneer. Its public sculptures are important national symbols in its young country but also in the Nordic countries ^{[ 2 ]} . Its classical realism sculptures are the pillar of Finnish public art of the 1920s and 1930s ^{[ 3 ]} , but he also expressed expressionism, cubism, art deco and other international and modernist currents ^{[ 4 ] , [ 5 ]} .

His most famous sculptures are monumental and often involve patriotic heroes. The most significant public works by Waldemar Aaltonen, are the statue of Paavo Nurminen (be) (1925), exhibited at the Helsinki Olympic stadium and considered to be the symbol of Finnish sport, work and future (be) (1930), five sculptures exhibited in the Chamber of the Finnish Parliament, which illustrate the ideals of the young state, and the statue of Aleksis Kivi (be) (1930), exhibited in front of the National Theater of Finland, place of the Helsinki central station, in tribute to the “Representing the most powerful and most original of the Finnish spirit” ^{[ 6 ]} .

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Son of a tailor, Wäinö Aaltonen spent his childhood in Hirvensalo.
From 1910 to 1915, he studied drawing and painting at Turku’s drawing school with Victor Westerholm.
At the end of his studies he is interested in sculpture.
He learns to sculpt as a logging and with his Aarre Aarre cousin ^{[ 9 ] , [ ten ]} .

Marble statues representing children or women are exposed for my first time in 1916 ^{[Ref. necessary]} .

His granite statues are his first works that will draw attention.
Its monumental statue of red granite, erected in soap in 1921, represents a naked war hero holding a Greek helmet in hand ^{[ 9 ]} .
Among his first most famous works there is also the Granite boy ^{[ 11 ]} (1917-1920) ^{[Ref. necessary]} .

He participated in the artistic competitions of the 1948 summer Olympic Games ^{[ twelfth ]} .

Wäinö Aaltonen Meurt Le May 30, 1966 to Helsinki ^{[ 13 ]} . His last wife died in 1991.

Wäinö Aaltonen is the author of many busts and official monuments. He worked granite, in particular, in a firm style, a moment influenced by cubism, he is a member of the November group.

The nombreuses sculptures SONT EXPOSES AUE MUSTHER WINAGE AALTION THE TURKU ^{[ m 1 ]} and at ateneum ^{[ a 1 ]} .

Future , 1982 postal bell.

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• (in) ‘ Wäinö Aaltonen » , extract from the instructions in the Bénézit dictionary , on Oxford Art Online , 2011 (ISBN  9780199773787 )
• (in) Ian Chilvers et John Glaves-Smith, A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art , Oxford University Press, 2009 (ISBN  978-0-19-172675-0 , read online )
• (in) Oliver Parfitt, The Oxford Companion to Western Art , Oxford University Press, 2003 (ISBN  978-0-19-172759-7-7 , read online )
• (in) Ian Chilvers, The Oxford Dictionary of Art , Oxford University Press, 2004 (ISBN  978-0-19-172762-7-7 , read online )
• (in) Ian Chilvers, The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists , Oxford University Press, 2009 (ISBN  978-0-19-172763-4 , read online )
• (in) Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Grove Art Online , Oxford University Press, 1998 (ISBN  978-1-884446-05-4 , read online )

In Finnish [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• (be) Onni Okkonen, Wäinö Aaltonen 1915 – 1925 , WSOY, 1925
• (be) Esko Hakkila, Wäinö Aaltonen, Life and Art , WSOY, 1942
• (be) Onni Okkonen, Wäinö Aaltonen: Artist photo , WSOY, 1944
• (be) Onni Okkonen, Wäinö Aaltonen , WSOY, 1945
• (be) Esko Hakkila, Wäinö Aaltonen , WSOY, 1953
• (be) Matti Aaltonen, Wäinö Aaltonen 1984 – 1894: Sculptures, Confessions, Opinions , Karisto, 1966
• (be) Pfäffli Heidi, Leena Ahvenjärvi, Hyppönen Tarja, Kormano Riitta, Reitala Aimo et Vihanta Ulla, Wäinö Aaltonen 1894-1966 , Turku, Musée Wäinö Aaltonen, 1994 (ISBN  952-9565-09-7 ) . .
• (be) Juha Ilvas, National Art: Finnish Art in Collections of the National Osake Bank , Helsinki, National Osake-Bank, 1989 , 359 p. (ISBN  951-889-000-5 )

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