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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture
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Väinö Ilmari Kunnas (1896-1929) was a Finnish painter. During his short life span of 32 years, active art career was of just 10 years. His major works consist of urban scenes and portraits of cultural personalities. He began with little Realism, moved to Expressionism and to experimentation in abstraction. His architectural scenes are without human or animal presence. The architectural scapes and details, do not reflect his job as an architectural draftsman (even if, for a small period).
He first attended and graduated from an arts and crafts school in 1912. He then studied drawing till 1917 at the Vyborg art school. Kunnas moved to Helsinki and during 1920-21 studied at the Finnish Art Society drawing school. He also worked with architect J S Sirén.
‘Kunnas is regarded in Finnish painting as an interpreter of its own time, the 1920s’.
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