Mesikämmen muurahaispesällä/ The Bear on the Anthill

Although Jussi Mäntynen (1886-1978) was trained in drawing and woodwork, his appointment in 1910 as the assistant of the preparer at the University of Helsinki's Department of Zoology was much more significant to his career as an artist. In 1919 he became the Department's taxidermist and remained in the post for the next 20 years. Thanks to this, he achieved an accuracy and liveliness in depicting ...