The Onni Museum of Fine Arts ( Finnish. Joensuun taidemuseo ) is the main art museum in Joensuu, the capital of the Finnish province of North Karelia.
| Art Museum | |
|---|---|
| Joensuun taidemuseo | |
 Museum of Fine Arts | |
| Established | 1962 |
| Address | Joensuu |
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Content
History
The museum was founded in 1962. Before the museum was opened, a classical lyceum worked in a building constructed in 1894 according to the design of Alexander Theodor Decker . The museum was opened when the city of Joensuu in 1961 and 1962 received the testament of the collection of pharmacist Olavi Turtiainen and Mrs. Arla Söderberg. In 1962 and 1974, Onni Okkonen , a former professor of art history, donated his rich collection to the museum.
Exposition
The museum has a permanent exhibition, which includes samples of art from the Ancient World and the Middle Ages. The exhibition also includes a collection of Chinese art. Among Finnish artists, authors such as Robert Ekman , Werner Holmberg , Gunnar Berndtson and Albert Edelfelt are represented . There is also a large collection of icons. On the ground floor of the museum are temporary exhibitions that present works by contemporary Finnish and foreign artists.
Collections
Hall of the Ancient World
In the Hall of the Ancient World (fin. Antiikki-huone ), objects of art are collected in the Mediterranean countries by Professor Onni Okkonen. On a Finnish scale, this is a very significant collection, despite the fact that it is small compared to international exhibitions.
Hall of Medieval Art
In this hall (fin. Madonna-huone ) European art from the 14th-19th centuries is collected, also donated to the Onni Okkonen Museum.
Chinese art
In 1956, Onni Okkonen made a trip to China , during which he put together a representative collection of different eras of Chinese history.
Arla Söderberg Collection
Arla Söderberg's collection consists of works by Finnish artists of the second half of the 19th century, of which Albert Edelfelt is the most significant.
Iris Hall
In this room you can see Finnish ceramics of the first half of the 20th century. "Iris" goes back to the name of the factory "Iris", located in Espoo .
Resetti Hall
Resetti presents art from the collection of Olavi Turtiainen, mainly works by Finnish artists of the 1950s.
Forselleles Collection
This collection consists of 470 art nouveau art objects donated to the museum in 2007 by Carl-Johan Forscellos.
Iconography of Vergem
Orthodox icons are in this room: among them are both new icons created specifically for the museum, and old icons in the Byzantine style, painted by different isographers.