Statues - Hither & Thither

Description

Execution of the façade's decoration was commissioned from sculptor Carl Eneas Sjöstrand. In the triangular tympanum, the Goddess of Art is holding wreaths above the symbols of the fine and the applied arts. The tympanum is supported by four caryatids, or female allegorical figures representing:

1. Sculpture.
2. Painting
3. Geometry
4. Architecture.

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Above the main entrance are the portraits of the three great masters of art:

1. Rafael - Raphael (1483-1520), Italian Renaissance painter and architect (Wikipedia).
2. Phidias - Phidias (in Ancient Greek, Φειδίας; c. 480 – 430 BC), Greek sculptor, painter and architect, and is commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece (Wikipedia).
3. Bramante - Donato Bramante (1444-1514), Italian architect, who introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome (Wikipedia).
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   The sculptor Ville Vallgren made the medals located between the windows on the façade. The medals depict famous artists:
   Left wing

4. holmberg - Werner Holmberg (1830-1860), Finnish painter (Wikipedia).
5. r.w. ekman - Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808-1873), Finnish painter (Wikipedia).
6. a. lauraeus - Aleksander Lauréus (1783-1823), Finnish painter (Wikipedia).
7. tob. sergel - Johan Tobias Sergel (1740-1814), Swedish sculptor (Wikipedia).
8. rembrandt - Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter (Wikipedia).
9. thorwaldsen - Bertel Thorvaldsen (Thorwaldsen) (1770-1844), Danish sculptor (Wikipedia).
10. p.p. rubens - Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Flemish painter (Wikipedia).
11. michelangelo - Michelangelo (1475-1564), Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect (Wikipedia).
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    Right wing

12. e.v. steinbach - Erwin von Steinbach (c. 1244-1318), German architect (Wikipedia).
13. benv. cellini - Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier and musician (Wikipedia).
14. i.h. mansard - Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708), French architect (Wikipedia).
15. bern. palissy - Bernard Palissy (c. 1510-c. 1589), French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman (Wikipedia).
16. k.f. schinkel - Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), Prussian architect, city planner, and painter (Wikipedia).
17. nic. tessin - Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654-1728), Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator (Wikipedia).
18. c.l. engel - Carl Ludvig Engel (1778-1840), German architect, his works include the Helsinki Senate Square and the buildings surrounding it (Wikipedia).
19. scholander - Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (1816-1881), Swedish architect and painter (Wikipedia).
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The remainder of the decoration was carried out by the decorative sculptor Magnus von Wright.

Sculptors

• Carl Eneas Sjöstrand (Stockholm 1828 - Stockholm 1906), Swedish sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Carl Wilhelm 'Ville' Vallgren, originally Wallgren (Porvoo 1855 - Helsinki 1940), Finnish sculptor, who worked for a long time in Paris (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Helsinki City Artmuseum, Public Art.

Tags

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