Christmas at Villa Gyllenberg

Last week I made an Advent trip to Villa Gyllenberg. 

It is a fantastic art & home museum in Kuusisaari, Helsinki. Mr. Gyllenberg (1891-1977) 

was a wealthy banker and invested in medicine research and art. 

Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) has been given a predominant place in the collection. 

Foreign art – old masters – were represented by individual pieces from the 1500s and 1700s. 

The museum was beautifully decorated for Christmas. There were Christmas sweets & nuts 

on display and the dinner table was set in the saloon. It was very festive as Mr. Gyllenberg

celebrated his birthday on Christmas Eve.

Albert Edelfelt

Through my travels I found myself at Ateneum is an exhibition of Helene Schjerfbeck.
I’ll tell my impressions about it later - it was fantastic! Not all Gyllenberg’s Schjerfbecks 
were on loan at Ateneum. This wonderful Jewish festival from 1883 was at ’home’ 
as well as many Schjerfbeck's pastel works.

Yellow roses by Shjerfbeck, about 1888, purchased for € 260,000 in 2019.

La Coiffure Bleu d’après Guys, 1940. Adquisition to Gyllenberg in 2018.

Schjerfbeck painted many versions of this Girl at Gate, 1897-1902.

There seems to be many versions also of this Madonna d’après Greco.

Besides Tizian, of course, my attention was focused on Akseli Gallen Kallela's work
as well Kari Juva's (1939-2014) fine small sculptures.

Ad Astra by Akseli Gallen Kallela

Wäinö Aaltonen's massive Aleksis Kivi s head was also impressive.

Eero Järnefelt: Flora-celebration

We Wish You a Merry♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Christmas♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

We Wish You a Merry ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas ♥ ♥ ♥

We Wish You A Merry ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸

♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ And a Happy New Year!!!

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Friday Bliss #66 - Saint Lucy’s Day

Photo Vesa Saivo / Satakunnan kansa

Lucia Maiden is a celebration in the whole Scandinavia and in Finland of Swedish speaking Finns. It is a celebration of light at the darkest time of the year. In many Swedish speaking families children dress up as Lucia maidens or star singers and wake their parents by bringing saffron bulls. In the coastal areas, the Lucia tradition continues throughout Christmas.

In Finland, the Lucia Maiden is chosen in partnership with non-governmental charity organization Folkhälsan and the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet. They select the candidates from which the national Lucia Maiden will be elected by public vote. The vote involves a charity fundraiser. Lucia of Finland has been selected since 1949. Lucia is crowned at the Cathedral of Helsinki. After the crowning, Lucia Maiden appears on the steps of the Cathedral with the elves and the Lucia procession circles in the center of Helsinki. Later, she attends several events. In addition, many cities and schools throughout Finland choose their own Lucia maidens and organize Lucia parades.

Lucia Maiden 2019 is Sara Ray, from Ostrobottnia. President Tarja Halonen

shall crown her today. Photo Folkhälsan /  Henrik Schütt

Santa Lucia is a song composed by Teodoro Cottra and lyrics are based on a Neapolitan folk song. Cottrau published it as a boat song or barcarole in 1849 after translating the dialect of Naples into standard Italian. The Italian words of the song describe the beauty of the seascape in the Gulf of Naples. In the words of the song, the boatman urges listeners to join the boat to enjoy the evening atmosphere as the stars shine. On Youtube you can find among others Andrea Bocelli singing this beautiful song.

I don’t know what is the matter with the video, so sorry.
I can listen it with all appliances.

Christmas goodies at art & home museum Villa Gyllenberg, Helsinki

We Wish You a Merry♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Christmas♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

We Wish You a Merry ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas ♥ ♥ ♥

We Wish You A Merry ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸

♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ And a Happy New Year!!!

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