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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

1865 - 1931

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Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akseli Gallen-Kallela has received more than 398,201 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Akseli Gallen-Kallela is the 290th most popular painter (up from 299th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Finland (up from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Painter.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela is most famous for his paintings of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 290 out of 2,023. Before him are Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooning, Franz Stuck, François Gérard, Pieter Aertsen, and Natalia Goncharova. After him are Carlo Crivelli, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Louis Wain, Jacopo Bassano, Orazio Gentileschi, and Félicien Rops.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 25. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Alfred Hugenberg, Benjamin Guggenheim, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Félix Vallotton, and Amélie of Orléans. After him are Jacques Hadamard, Gérard Encausse, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Valentin Serov, Gabriel Narutowicz, and Rashid Rida. Among people deceased in 1931, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 22. Before him are F. W. Murnau, Bhagat Singh, Hermann Müller, Armand Fallières, Peter Kürten, and Nathan Söderblom. After him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Carin Göring, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Martinus Beijerinck, and Kitasato Shibasaburō.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 25 out of 751. Before him are Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Arto Paasilinna (1942), and Johan Gadolin (1760). After him are Ragnar Granit (1900), Linus Torvalds (1969), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), George Gaynes (1917), and Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881).

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Among PAINTERS In Finland

Among painters born in Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela ranks 2. Before him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862). After him are Albert Edelfelt (1854), Tom of Finland (1920), Hugo Simberg (1873), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Magnus Enckell (1870), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Pekka Halonen (1865), Helena Westermarck (1857), Ellen Thesleff (1869), and Vilho Lampi (1898).

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