fuck yeah, sibelius

jean sibelius was a badass composer who helped establish finnish national identity. we appreciate him with this blog

kecobe:


Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish; 1865–1931)
Symposium
Oil on canvas, 1894
© Private Collection, Helsinki, Finland / photo: Jari Kuusenaho / Tampere Art Museum

kecobe:

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish; 1865–1931)

Symposium

Oil on canvas, 1894

© Private Collection, Helsinki, Finland / photo: Jari Kuusenaho / Tampere Art Museum

houndofsiru:

Jean Sibelius by deSingel International Arts Campus on Flickr.
Jean Sibelius
beautifulopiate:

Jean Sibelius in Vienna, 1891, age 25

beautifulopiate:

Jean Sibelius in Vienna, 1891, age 25

A drawing by young Jean Sibelius in 1875 in a letter to his Aunt Evelina
Maria Sibelius with her children Linda and Janne in 1867
Jean Sibelius on his 80th birthday in 1945
“In the corner of the parlour in the Ainola Home Museum there is a massive bronze sculpture of Sibelius by John Munsterhjelm (1879-1925) dating from 1909. Sibelius himself added many years later the horseshoe he had found somewhere.” 
(by ast2009)
A Romanian stamp depicting Jean Sibelius, circa 1965 
Jean and Aino Sibelius
Jean Sibelius