The Ateneum Art Museum’s new exhibition may become a fall favorite. Take a sneak peek at the exhibition and watch the video of the story.
Artists captured impressions, fleeting moments. The works vibrate with the warmth of a hot day and the rays of light flickering on the surface of the water.
The art museum exhibits color, light and joie de vivre.
In the video, Marja Sakari states that the exhibition is a counterweight to the current world situation, mind-boggling war and disaster news.
The exhibition presents impressionist and neo-impressionist art from the years 1860–1916.
It was new in art that artists went outside and into nature to paint.
It was made easier by a new invention, paint tubes. The necessary colors and painting tools were transported to difficult places more easily than before.
In Pekka Halonen’s paintings, the trees sag from the weight of the snow, while Ellen Thesleff paints them in the bright green of spring.
The garden became a popular subject for many Finnish artists. Fruits, vegetables and flowers were painted with strong colors.
Loans from prestigious collections
The Ateneum Art Museum was on time. The first inquiries about art loans were already made four years ago.
There are now 118 works on display, some of which have been borrowed from prestigious art collections from abroad, such as the Orsay Museum in Paris.
*Color and light – The legacy of Impressionism is at the Ateneum Art Museum from 20 October to 25 February 2024.*