13 Facts About Pekka Halonen

Pekka Halonen was a Finnish painter of landscapes and people in the national romantic and Realist styles.

Pekka Halonen was born on 23 September 1865 in Linnasalmi, Lapinlahti, Finland, the son of Olli Halonen, a farmer, and Wilhelmina Halonen.

Pekka Halonen often accompanied his father on these painting trips and was thus introduced into the craft of painting.

Pekka Halonen studied in Helsinki at the Art Society's Drawing School for four years.

Pekka Halonen graduated with good grades and won a scholarship to study abroad.

Pekka Halonen went in 1890 to Paris, where he first studied at the Academie Julian and later under Paul Gauguin.

In 1900, Pekka Halonen created two works for the Finnish Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

In 1895, Pekka Halonen married a young music student, Maija Makinen.

Pekka Halonen was buried at the Tuusula Church in Tuusula.

Pekka Halonen had an early interest in Symbolism, but Gauguin's decorative Synthetism, as well as Japanese woodcuts, had a deeper impression on his work.

Pekka Halonen stated that he never painted for anyone but himself.

Adjacent to the house, Pekka Halonen built a sauna, which in typical Finnish tradition served as a laundry.

In Tuusula Pekka Halonen had a wide circle of artist friends and relatives which provided him with a daily source of social and cultural stimulation.