{"id":17296,"date":"2021-03-16T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T10:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thielskagalleriet.se\/?post_type=exhibition&p=17296"},"modified":"2026-09-03T22:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:02:33","slug":"the-individual-and-spirituality-from-edelfelt-to-schjerfbeck-the-gyllenberg-collection-at-the-thiel-gallery","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.thielskagalleriet.se\/en\/utstallning\/the-individual-and-spirituality-from-edelfelt-to-schjerfbeck-the-gyllenberg-collection-at-the-thiel-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Individual and Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer, key works from the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Collection will be shown at the Thiel Gallery. Some of these works have never been shown outside Villa Gyllenberg in Helsinki, home to one of Finland\u2019s finest private collections. While it is closed for refurbishment, its collection will be presented abroad.<\/p>\n

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There are several interesting similarities between Ernest Thiel (1859\u20131947) and Ane Gyllenberg (1891\u20131977). Both made their fortunes as bankers, both were passionate art collectors, and their unique collections are preserved in their original settings. There are differences too, not least in how they collected. While Thiel focused on the artists, Gyllenberg was more interested in specific subjects.<\/p>\n

The exhibition features some of Finland\u2019s best-known artists around 1900. It includes history painting, portraits and genre motifs by Albert Edelfelt, realist landscapes by Fanny Churberg, Werner Holmberg and Eero J\u00e4rnefelt, symbolist and national romantic paintings by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and early modernist works by Sigrid Schauman and Ellen Thesleff. The jewel in the crown is Helene Schjerfbeck, Ane Gyllenberg\u2019s favourite artist, who is represented by 12 paintings spanning her entire practice.<\/p>\n

The Individual and Spirituality\u00a0<\/em>gives an introduction to Finnish art history but also tells us about a collector who loved landscapes and portraits. Ane Gyllenberg was interested in anthroposophy and looked for the spiritual dimension in imagery. This aspect is certainly palpable in Akseli Gallen-Kallela\u2019s Ad Astra and in many of Helene Schjerfbeck\u2019s portraits, but also in Sigrid Schauman\u2019s landscapes. The numerous portraits in the Gyllenberg collection, and the many forest scenes with solitary trees, also suggest the loneliness of the individual.<\/p>\n

Spirituality and individualism were important topics in early modernism. This was a complex and turbulent period, and the art portrays how the nation and the individual, modernity and spirituality, competed and intertwined in what has come to be known as the Golden Age of Finnish Art.<\/p>\n

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Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Ad Astra,<\/em> 1907, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Albert

Albert Edelfelt, Bellman Played lute for Gustav III and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt at Haga,<\/em> 1884, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Fanny

Fanny Churberg, The Old Oak Tree<\/em>,<\/em> ca 1872, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Akseli

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, The Beggar Boy<\/em>, 1887, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sigrid Schauman, Villa Aurelia,<\/em> 1953, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ellen Thesleff, Spring Landscape, Mountain Lake, <\/em>1915, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Helene

Helene Schjerfbeck, Dark Lady,<\/em> 1929, Villa Gyllenberg. Photo: Signe och Ane Gyllenbergs foundation \/ Matias Uusikyl\u00e4<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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