Artist: Tyko Konstantin Sallinen (1879 - 1955)
Nationality: Finnish
Movement: Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Finnish Expressionist paint, Tyko Sallinen was the son of a tailor and was raised with strict fundamentalist religious views. He worked for several years as a tailor in Sweden before studying art in Helsinki. He visited Paris twice, in 1909 and 1914, and was influence by avant-garde painting movements such as Fauvism. Sallinen preferred to paint scenes of Finnish life and landscapes from his native country.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (2)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Konstantin Makovsky, The Russian Bride"s Attire, 1889
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Young Woman Konstantin Igorovich Makovsky (Russian, 1839-1915)Oil on copper; 21 1/4 x

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Expedition 4: Companionship : Tyko Konstantin Sallinen
Expedition 1: Joy : Tyko Konstantin Sallinen
artnet.com: Resource Library: Sallinen, Tyko Konstantin
YLE Teema | Sininen laulu | Taiteilijat | Kuvataide | Sallinen Tyko Konstantin
YLE Teema | Sininen laulu | Taiteilijat | Kuvataide
lehdistötiedote
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Tampereen taidemuseo
169-170 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 38. Supplement. Riksdagens bibliotek - Öyen. Tillägg)
fauvism

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