Artist

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

1865–1931 · born in Pori · died in Stockholm

Akseli Gallen-Kallela was born in Pori, Finland, and became the country's most famous painter. He painted scenes from the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, and studied in Paris. He lived in Finland and traveled to Africa and the United States. He died in Stockholm in 1931.