Kullervo puhuu miekalleen/ Kullervo Addresses His Sword

Although Carl Eneas Sjöstrand (1828-1906) was a Swedish-born sculptor, he is considered the founder of Finnish sculpture because of his decisive role as a promoter of Finnish public sculpture in the 1850s and 60s and as the teacher of the first generation of Finnish sculptors. Sjöstrand made numerous works with a Kalevala theme. Of the Kullervo story, he depicted the beginning and the end: in 1858 ...