Quick Reference Dictionary of Art/The Drawing Place
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AALTONEN, Waino
b. Kaarina, Finland. Self-taught sculptor whose work embodies the strong nationalist feeling in Finland between the wars. He revived the practice of direct carving in stone, and his granite figures combine the Neo-classical Finnish tradition with a new feeling for truth to material.
Primary Reference Source:
A Visual Dictionary of Art
Published by:
The New York Graphic Society
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