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Wäinö Aaltonen
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Finnish artist and sculptor (1894–1966)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1894-03-08 ) 8 March 1894, Marttila, Finland
- Died
- 30 May 1966 (1966-05-30) (aged 72), Helsinki, Finland
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Years active
- 1916–1961
- Notable work
- Paavo Nurmi statue, 1925, Aleksis Kivi Memorial , 1939, Statues in the plenary chamber of Parliament House
- Spouses
- Aino Pietikäinen , (m. 1920–19??), Elsa Rantalainen , (m. 1931–19??) , Elvi Hertell , (m. 1942–19??) , Elisabet Maasik , (m. 1961–19??)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Aaltonen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Finland
- Place of birth
- Marttila
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Participant in
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Image
- Wäinö Aaltonen.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- Commons category
- Wäinö Aaltonen
- date of birth
- 1894-01-01
- date of death
- 1966-01-01
- birth name
- Wäinö Waldemar Aaltonen
- name in native language
- Wäinö Aaltonen
- relative
- Aaro Hellaakoski
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Wäinö Valdemar Aaltonen (8 March 1894 – 30 May 1966) was a Finnish artist and sculptor. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "one of the leading Finnish sculptors".
He was born to a tailor in the village of Karinainen, Finland. He attended the School of Drawing of the Turku Art Association from age 16, or specifically between 1910 and 1915. He had spent many of the early years at this school studying painting under Victor Westerholm, but he was mainly self-taught as a sculptor. He learned the technics of treatment of marble with his relative Aarre Aaltonen, and by working as a trainee stonemason in Hirvensalo. Sculptor Felix Nylund was a substitute teacher in the art school in Turku for one season, and his work was inspiration for young Aaltonen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wäinö Aaltonen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.