Kaukola Ridge at Sunset

Painting by Albert Edelfelt
Kaukola Ridge at Sunset
sv: Kaukola ås i solnedgång, fi: Kaukolanharju auringonlaskun aikaan
ArtistAlbert Edelfelt
Year1890
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions116.5 cm × 83 cm (45.9 in × 33 in)
LocationAteneum, Helsinki, Finland
OwnerRepublic of Finland
Websitewww.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/482255

Kaukola Ridge at Sunset is a painting by Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt completed in 1890.[1][2][3]

View from observation tower on Kaukolanharju in 2018

The painting depicts the view of a mirror-like lake at sunset in Finland. In the foreground are some young pines and a half-uprooted stump. In the middle is a bay with wooded islets. To the left, a ridge runs diagonally across the picture.[2]

Albert Edelfelt painted the picture from June to July 1889 in Tammela, Tavastia at Saaris estate - owned by the family of his wife, Ellan de la Chapelle [sv]. The view is from Kaukolanharju [fi] ridge, North West of the straight between Pyhäjärvi [fi] and Kuivajärvi [fi].[2]

The painting is on display at Ateneum in Helsinki, Finland.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Finnish National Gallery - Work: Kaukola Ridge at Sunset". www.kansallisgalleria.fi. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Kaukola ås i solnedgång". Albert Edelfelts brev. Elektronisk brev- och konstutgåva (Albert Edelfelt's letters. Digital publication) (in Swedish). Maria Vainio-Kurtakko & Henrika Tandefelt & Elisabeth Stubb, Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 2020.
  3. ^ Edelfelt, Albert. Kaukolanharju auringonlaskun aikaan.
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Albert Edelfelt
Paintings
Historic
  • March of the Björneborg Regiment
  • Burnt Village
  • Queen Blanche
  • Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klaus Fleming [sv]
  • Horatius and Lydia [uk]
  • Christ and Mary Magdalene, a Finnish Legend [sv]
Landscape
  • Kaukola Ridge at Sunset
  • The Nyländska Jaktklubben Harbour in Helsinki [sv]
Folk life
  • Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral)
  • Old Woman with a Chip Basket [sv]
  • Women Outside the Church at Ruokolahti [sv]
  • La laitière [sv]
  • At Sea [sv]
  • At the Gate (Village of Porras) [sv]
"Sunshine pieces"
Urban life
  • Reading Parisienne [sv]
  • Luxembourg Gardens, Paris
Portraits
  • Female Nude, Study [sv]
  • Pasteur's portrait by Edelfelt
  • Portrait of the Artist's Wife Ellan Edelfelt [sv]
  • Portrait of the Artist's Sister Ellen Edelfelt [sv]
Family
  • Carl Albert Edelfelt [sv] (father)
  • Ellan de la Chapelle [sv] (wife)
  • Erik Edelfelt [sv] (son)
Monuments
  • Albert Edelfelt's ateljémuseum [sv] (Porvoo)
  • Albert Edelfelt's statue [fi] (Helsinki)