Exhibition catalogue in English

Sing Girl! – Time Travel to Artist Home Erkkola

6.6.-24.9.2023  Artist Home Erkkola

The exhibition focuses on the life of poet Johan Henrik Erkko (1849–1906) and especially his time in Tuusula (1901–1906). The exhibition is part of a collaborational Time Travels project inbetween Finnish artists´ home museums. Author and theatre professional Katja Väänänen has written fictional scenes for the exhibition which are presented in audio format. The exhibition includes artworks by Erkko’s friends and contemporaries, contextualizing his life in Tuusula. The title of the exhibition derives from a poem "Laula, tyttö!"(1898) by J. H. Erkko.

 

Go to:

Erkko´s livingroom

1. Pekka Halonen
Girl Writing
1911, oil
Lähi Tapiola Group

2. Axel Gallén
Saimi on a Shore
1890s, oil
Arvi Paloheimo Collection

3. Pekka Halonen
From Tuusula
1898, öljy
Pekka Halonen Society

4. Ada Thilén
Children at the Home Gate
1882, oil
Orimattila Art Museum, Collection of Ilmari and Toini Wall-Hakala

5. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Portrait of Juhani Aho
1890, oil
Järvenpää Art Museum

6. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Antti Drawing in the Sand
1907, oil
Järvenpää Art Museum

7. Pekka Halonen
Coffee Cups, Hands and Glasses
Illustation for Nuori Suomi album
1890’s, ink
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

8. Eero Järnefelt
The Artist’s Wife
1890’s, gouache
Arvi Paloheimo Collection

9. Pekka Halonen
Rapid
about 1902, oil
Private collection

10. Helmi Biese
Day in August
about 1892, oil
Private collection

11. Eero Järnefelt
Landscape from Konkola
1890, oil
UPM-Kymmene Cultural Foundation

12. Pekka Halonen
Cows in Turf Smoke
1890, oil
Orimattila Art Museum

13. Axel Gallén
Ruuto (Elias) Erkko
1883, oil
Rafaela Seppälä Collection

14. Pekka Halonen
Self Portrait (With a Fur Cap)
about 1900, oil
Pekka Halonen Society

Writer´s office

J. H. Erkko’s original writing desk and chair

15. Louis Sparre
E.O. Sjöberg, Eero Erkko and Santeri Ivalo in the Päivälehti Editorial Office
1890, water colour
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

16. Eero Järnefelt
Erkko and Arvid Järnefelt
1890’s, oil
Järvenpää Art Museum /
Paloheimo Heritage Foundation

17. Väinö Hämäläinen
Moth Reading
Vignet for J. H. Erkko’s poem ”Vallanhimoni” for Nuori Suomi album
1906, ink

Kaarlo Enqvist-Atra
Vignet for J. H. Erkko’s poem ”Päivän impi”
1905, ink
Illustration for Nuori Suomi album
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

18. Louis Sparre
Illustration for J. H. Erkko’s poem "Suomalainen huoneentaulu"
1901, printed poster
Orimattila Art Museum

19. Tekla Hultin
Newspaper Holder
”Päivälehti Editorial Staff”
After Axel Gallén
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

20. Väinö Blomstedt
Profile of a Girl
Cover illustration for Nuori Suomi album
1895, water colour, ink
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

21. Eero Järnefelt
Portrait of Juho Lallukka
1911, oil
Lappeenranta Art Museum / Pamaus Seura Art Collection

Dramatized audio scene [3:15]
J. H. Erkko’s letter for his brother Eero
Performed by actor Seppo Halttunen
Written by author Katja Väänänen

Upstairs 

22. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Testimony of the Heart
1904, water colour
Illustration for Joulupukki magazine 1907
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

Bedroom (on the left)

J. H. Erkko’s original chair and book shelf

23. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Among the Family
Ink and gouache
Amer Cultural Foundation/
Tuusula Art Museum

24. Pekka Halonen
Girl Sewing
1922, oil
Halosenniemi Museum

25. Hugo Simberg
Woman Combing Her Hair in front of a Mirror
1901, oil
Orimattila Art Museum, Collection of Ilmari and Toini Wall-Hakala’s Art Foundation

26. Pekka Halonen
Crofter’s Daughter
1905, oil
Halosenniemi Museum

27. Albert Gebhard
Rowing
Illustration for Eino Leino’s poem in Nuori Suomi album
1894, ink
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

28. Albert Gebhard
Young Woman in a Meadow
1890-luku, ink
Illustration for Nuori Suomi album
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

29. Albert Gebhard
On the Outdoor Terrace of a Restaurant
Illustration for Nuori Suomi album
1890’s, ink
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

30. Alexander Federley
Love
Illustration for Velikulta magazine
1890’s, ink
Päivälehti Archives/
Helsingin Sanomat Foundation


Hallway

31. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Squirrel and Forest Nymph Sinipiika 
1904, water colour and ink
Illustration for book Valistuksen Lastenkirjasto, part 4
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

32. Pekka Halonen
Portrait of Eino Leino
1916, monotype
Halosenniemi Museum

33. Albert Gebhard
Aleksis Kivi
Water colour
Tuusula Art Museum

34. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Spring Wind
1907, litografia
Teaching board
Tuusula Art Museum

35. Oskari Räisänen
Lunch Wrapping Paper
1917, ink and gouache Illustration for Joulupukki magazine
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

36. Karl Nyholm
At School in the Countryside
1908, ink and gouache
Illustration for a poem by Oijus Luoma in Joulupukki magazine
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

37. –38. Helga Sjöstedt
In the Yard,
In the Classroom
Illustration for an alphabet book
1949, ink and gouache
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

39. Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Cygnaeus Summer School, Niku House in Sammatti
Illustration, In Memory of the father of Finnish public school
1896, ink and gouache
Valistus

40. Vihtori Ylinen
Our School (Governors Visit)
Ink
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

41. Vihtori Ylinen
Our School
Ink
Amer Cultural Foundation/ Tuusula Art Museum

For children:

Design your own costumes for the characters Hallatar (in the play Nordic Wedding) and Old Jouko (in opera Aino). 
You may also practise handwriting the old-fashioned way!

Parlour

42. Outfit for a chorister in the opera Aino
for the first Savonlinna opera festival
1912, fabric
Theatre Museum

43. Reproduction of the theatre flat for the play Pohjolan häät (Nordic Wedding)
based on the painting Rapids by Pekka Halonen
2023, fabric
Tuusula Museum

44. Outfit of Hallatar ("frost lady") for the play Pohjolan häät (Nordic Wedding)
2023, fabric
Modern interpretation designed by Leena Österlund
Tuusula Museum

45. Magnus Enckell
Black Madonna
(Saimi Järnefelt)
1895, water colour
Järvenpää Art Museum /
Paloheimo Heritage Foundation

Dramatized audio scene [4:40]
Saimi Järnefelt reminisces her role as Hallatar in Pohjolan häät
Written and performed by Katja Väänänen

Summer room

Picture on the wall:
Saimi Järnefelt reading
1880’s
Photo: Daniel Nyblin
Teatre Museum

For children:

Try on Kalevala style outfits!

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