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Juho Rissanen: The Fortune-Teller, 1899. #Ateneum Art Museum. Juho Rissanen was one of the first Finnish painters, whose parents were servants. At that time artists usually came from gentry. Models for this painting came from Antikkala house in Kuopio. Topic was international as hand reading wasn't appreciated locally due to religious reasons. It was one of two paintings (the other being Blind, 1899) by Juho Rissanen to be featured at Exposition #Universelle 1900 aka the World's Fair in…
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"Vienen karjalainen perhe 1900 -luvun vaihteessa. Oikealla olevalla pojalla näyttää olevan hammassärky ja liina on laitettu pään ympärille särkyä lievittämään." - "Vienen Karelian family in 1900s. On the right appears to be the son with a toothache and the cloth is placed around the head to relieve the ache." - Finland