Skaters near the Shore of Kalela
1896 · Oil on canvas · Private collection
The whole painting, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 57 × 47 cm
- Collection
- Private collection
- Movement
- Symbolism
Four skaters race in a line across a frozen lake, bent low with their arms swinging, their reflections running beneath them on the ice. Tall pines heavy with snow rise from the near shore and frame the view, their trunks catching orange light. Beyond the ice lie a blue band of open water, white forested hills and a pale winter sky. Akseli Gallen-Kallela painted it in 1896 at Kalela, the wilderness studio and home he had built at Ruovesi in central Finland, which his family moved into at the end of 1895. He signed and dated it at the lower right. The picture is also known as Skaters on Lake Ruovesi. It is in a private collection.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Snow-laden pines with orange trunks, a pale blue sky and dark skaters crossing silver ice. Hang it in an entryway or living room with Avercamp's Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, in a dark wood frame to echo the pine bark.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original painting, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
