Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen

Within the series of Kalevala sculptures of the Old Student Union Building Stigell's pieces Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen stand midway in the development from Ekman's Song of Wäinämöinen to Akseli Gallen-Kallela's Kullervo Sets Off for a Battle. They are proof of Stigell's confident mastery of shape and material. He depicts Väinämöinen playing the kantele in an upright position and Ilmarinen forging a ...