Gold Mosaic Bird and Floral Design

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Veikko Aaltona
Gold Mosaic Bird and Floral Design
1936

Name: Gold Mosaic Bird and Floral Design
Brand: Veikko Aaltona
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

About the Item

A gold and multicolored wall hanging mosaic artwork with an archaically inspired design. In the lower center, a vase, flanked by a white bird on each side. A floral and leaves design grows out of the vase. Signed and dated lower left: V. Aaltona -36. Veikko Aaltona, (1910-1990) was a Finnish painter mainly active in Sweden. This is a very rare and early work from when he was studying in Italy 1936-1939. Veikko Aaltona has painted a very large number of paintings, mostly exotic landscapes with camels and palm trees or vaguely biblical figures. Aaltona's studies of art began with his father who was also a painter. In 1934 Aaltona decided to study art more seriously and was accepted to the Fine Arts Academy of the University of the Arts in Helsinki. In the same year that he finished his studies in Finland in 1936, he traveled to Italy. There he studied between the years 1936-1939 at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence and Venice. In Florence he studied at the La scuola del Nudo department and in Venice at the Department of Decorazione, where he learned to master the mosaic technique. Between 1946 and 1947 he completed his studies at the Royal Art Academy in Stockholm. While studying in Florence, Aaltona met the Polish writer and artist Eleonora Hofstein and later got married in 1939 in Poland. The same year the World War II broke out and Aaltona left his family to participate in the Finnish Winter War. In 1940 the family was reunited in Finland where Aaltona had his first exhibition in Helsinki. During the exhibition at the Helsinki Art Gallery, he exhibited four works, including a larger mosaic work (210x150cm) depicting a story from the Finnish national epic Kalevala. For this mosaic work he received attention in the Finnish press. One of the other works in the same exhibition was "Maisema Kainuusta" (Landscape from Kainu) for which he was awarded the Dukat Prize of the Finnish Art Association. In the early 1940s, Aaltona was active with exhibitions and held a number of them in Helsinki until 1946 when he moved to Stockholm. The following year, Aaltona has a solo exhibition in Stockholm. At this point, Aaltona's paintings have clearly changed in character from the objects he exhibited in the early 1940s in Helsinki. In the exhibition catalog's preface from 1949, Aaltona writes the following: "...The viewer may ask why I paint a landscape without details, or why I purposefully deform certain lines and surfaces, or why I use different colors that may seem foreign to an eye accustomed to the exact representation of the outside world. My answer is simple: I want to create a painting that is a work of art in the painterly sense. I ignore unnecessary details as far as possible and I give as much form as I consider indispensable." Aaltonas best work is from his early period in the 30´s and the early 40´s. And his mosaics are rare. This is a a very beautifully executed and decorative piece. We also have another mosaic by Aaltona in similar colors but a different design, also posted on 1stdibs.

Creator:
Veikko Aaltona (1910 - 1990)
Creation Year:
1936
Dimensions:
Height: 23.82 in (60.5 cm)Width: 16.74 in (42.5 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
Medium:
Mosaic
Period:
1930-1939
Condition:
In a very good condition. The mosaic is mounted in a steel frame.
Gallery Location:
Stockholm, SE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2608214980202

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