Lot 368: f - Akseli Gallen-Kallela Finnish 1865-1931 , Öinen Donau Joki (Night Lights Reflecting off the Danube, Budapest)

signed, inscribed and dated KORONCHI LIPPICH ELEKILLE / AKSELI GALLEN-KALLELALTA / 1908 l.l. oil on canvas

49 by 43cm., 19¼ by 17in.

Elek Koronghi Lippich, Budapest (a gift from the artist; poet, writer, painter and lawyer, Koronghi Lippich was also the Hungarian Minister of Culture)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1990, lot 80
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Gallen-Kallela spent several months in Budapest in 1908 before leaving for Paris. His stay followed a successful exhibition of his work in Budapest in 1907. Very well received, he was encouraged to return for a longer visit the following year. Gallen-Kallela was especially drawn to the River Danube, which he painted on a number of occasions.