Kaukola Ridge at Sunset

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

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
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]

Edelfelt painted the picture from June to July 1889 in Tammela, Tavastia, at Saari's estate [fi; sv] – 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

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  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.