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Fine Art In Finland: I, hang'u, is a port in Finland, 72 miles km) west of Helsinki, on a peninsula at the nee to the Gulf of Finland. Hango is Swed-in Finnish it is Hanko. The peninsula where town is situated is the southwesternmost ion of the Selpausselka, a recessional mo-that arcs across southern Finland. igo is Finland's most accessible seaport in _ when the country's other ports are ice-lound. It has two harbors—one maintained by Ihe city and the other by the national governent-with 4,900 feet (1,500 meters) of pierside ipace for ships and a maximum depth of 27.5 fct (8.3 meters). Although its total traffic is less than one tenth of Helsinki's, almost all of if is foreign trade; most of it moves through the national harbor.
5. Modern and Contemporary Art Modern art has flourished rather handsomely in Finland and you cannot go anywhere in the capital or the large cities without encountering it in painting, in sculpture and, most notably, in architecture. Sometimes it is bold to the border of the bizarre, but rarely is it dull. Among painters, perhaps the artists best known outside of Finland are Albert Edelf elt (1854-1905) and Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), the latter having taken his chief inspiration from the folklore in Finland's world-known national epic, the Kalevala.
3. Trade and Fun Fairs Helsinki has a very large Industrial Spring Fair, usually occurring in the first half of April; and Rovaniemi, which practically straddles the line of the Arctic Circle, has an interesting Fur Fair in February-March.
4. Finland's Artistic Heritage This is best seen in the National Museum, at Helsinki, whose 60 rooms show Finland's forward march in living customs, culture and art, from prehistoric times till now. There are, in Helsinki's galleries, some fine art in Finland early paintings, representing foreign schools, but no Finnish painting of merit developed until relatively modern times. |
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