Jorma Gallen-Kallela

Jorma Gallen-Kallela (né Gallén) (22 November 1898, in Ruovesi – 1 December 1939) was a Finnish artist. He followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

Jorma Gallen-Kallela in Paris in the 1920s.

After the destruction of his father's frescoes in the Juselius Mausoleum in Pori after the death of his father in 1931, Jorma used his father's sketches to recreate the artwork.[1]

Jorma Gallen-Kallela spent part of the Winter War as a lieutenant. While inspecting a downed plane of the Soviet Air Force on the second day of the war, he was shot dead while saving the life of captain Adolf Ehrnrooth.

References
  1. Akseli Gallen-Kallelan Museo., & Gallen-Kallela, A. (1985). Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1865-1931. Espoo, Finland: The Museum. p. 14. OCLC 18733673

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