Leena Lindqvist : Bringing art to life : turn-of-the-century Finnish artists' homes

Emil Wikstrom, Visavuori, Sääksmäki Pekka Halonen, Halosenniemi, Tuusula Eero Järnefelt, Suviranta, Järvenpää Jean Sibelius, Ainola, Järvenpää Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen, Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi Emil Cedercreutz, Harjula, Harjavalta

Art historian Leena Lindqvist and photographer Norman Ojanen present six of the artists’ homes which, since their construction at the turn of the century, have become a permanent part of Finland’s cultural history. In their natural settings, these houses and the lives of the artists’ families who inhabited them are a source of fascinating stories embracing ordinary day-to-day work, celebrations and even some unusual twists of fate.