CAMEROON 2000 Francs 2017 Silver 3 oz.'The Aino Tale' w/10 Swarovski® Crystals

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CAMEROON 2000 Francs 2017 'The Aino Tale'
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
The artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931 ) is one of the central figures of Finnish art. In addition to depictions of nature and the common people, he is known as the illustrator of themes taken from the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. In addition to painting, he also made a contribution to graphic art, applied art and architecture in Finland.
Participation in European art life was a matter of course for Gallen-Kallela and his contemporaries. Gallen-Kallela studied art in Paris. Moreover, he took part in exhibitions – particularly in France, Germany and Hungary – not to mention having his own stand at both the Venice biennale in 1914 and the Panama-Pacific international exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s first major painting with a Kalevala motif represents the Aino myth, the legend of Aino and Väinämöinen. The tragic poem at the start of the Kalevala epic starts with a singing competition between the old and wise Väinämöinen and the young Joukahainen, in which Väinämöinen comes out as the winner. Having lost the singing match and threatened with death, Joukahainen, in his despair, promises his sister Aino in marriage to Väinämöinen in ex-change for his life. Aino’s mother, too, takes a favourable attitude towards this promise, but it is a shock to Aino. Driven to desperation, she runs to the lake shore and takes off her clothes to go swimming with the maids of Vellamo. She sits on a stone, which sinks, and she drowns. She does not die, however, but continues her life as a maid of Vellamo – a mermaid. Later, when fishing, Väinämöinen catches Aino – landing her as a perch in his boat. When Väinämöinen does not recognise his dead fiancée, she escapes from the boat in the form of a woman, mocking the old man.Gallen-Kallela ended up painting the multi-layered poem as a three-part triptych.
Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver
Limited Mintage - 300
Coin Highlights:
Contains 3 oz of .999 fine Silver.
Mintage of 300 coins.
includes 10 Swarowski Crystals
comes in its original capsule (never opened) including
the black display box.
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