Colour & Light: The Legacy of Impressionism

Paul Signac, Antibes, 1917, private collection. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Jenni Nurminen

Colour & Light presents top names in international art side by side with artists from the heyday of Finnish Colourism, from 1860 to 1916. In Finnish art, the shift towards a brighter palette led to new subject matter, as work and wild nature gave way to the comforts of middle-class life, parks, sunbathing, and nudity.

Among the international artists included in the exhibition are Claude Monet, August Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Alfred William Finch, Paul Signac and Theo van Rysselberghe. Finnish artists included in the exhibition are Alvar Cawén, Antti Favén, Magnus Enckell, Pekka Halonen, Ellen Thesleff, Verner Thóme, Yrjö Ollila, Tyko Sallinen and Wilho Sjöström, among others.