Kaukola Ridge at Sunset | |
Other Language 1: | sv |
Other Title 1: | Kaukola ås i solnedgång |
Other Language 2: | fi |
Other Title 2: | Kaukolanharju auringonlaskun aikaan |
Wikidata: | Q18681964 |
Artist: | Albert Edelfelt |
Year: | 1890 |
Medium: | oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 116.5 |
Width Metric: | 83 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
Museum: | Ateneum |
City: | Helsinki, Finland |
Owner: | Republic of Finland |
Kaukola Ridge at Sunset is a painting by Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt completed in 1890.[1] [2]
The painting depicts the view of a mirror-like lake at sunset in Finland. In the foreground are some young pines and a half-uprooted stump. In the middle is a bay with wooded islets. To the left, a ridge runs diagonally across the picture.
Edelfelt painted the picture from June to July 1889 in Tammela, Tavastia, at – owned by the family of his wife, . The view is from ridge, North West of the straight between and .
The painting is on display at Ateneum in Helsinki, Finland.