Artwork Title: Pyhäpäivä Uudistalossa (Holiday in the new House)

Pyhäpäivä Uudistalossa (Holiday in the new House), 1894

Pekka Halonen

“Pyhäpäivä Uudistalossa”(Holiday in the new House), 1894 Over the summer of 1894, Pekka Halonen painted his bride-to-be’s home region of Karelia. The house has been newly built and the people spend their day of rest in clean clothes looking apathetic. In Kasimir Leino’s opinion the work presents: “This new painting shows a clean corner of the cabin, and three unemployed people sitting on the benches. The men’s faces, especially the elderly, are characteristically Finnish and prettily presented. The house was located in a wilderness of peace and quiet and there Halonen decided to set up his first home after he and Maija were married at the beginning of 1895 – they settled in this region in Komoraan. http://www.alternativefinland.com/art-pekka-halonen/
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