Ole Kandelin

Key facts

Lived

1920–1947, Finnish

Movements

• Expressionism
• Modernism

1. 1920Born in Porvoo, Finland. He began drawing and painting as a child, producing his first paintings at 14.
2. 1940At 20, developed a personal style moving from early cubist and surrealist influences towards increasingly abstract expression, becoming one of the first Finnish artists to work consistently in abstraction.
3. 1945At 25, fell seriously ill and was admitted to sanatoriums, first in Finland and then in Sweden. He continued to paint from his sickbed.
4. 1947Died in late January at 26. His major breakthrough had come earlier that month with a solo exhibition in Stockholm, but he was already too ill to travel. He is considered essential to the development of post-war Finnish modernism.

• Who was Ole Kandelin?+

  Ole Kandelin was a Finnish modernist painter. He was born in 1920 and died in 1947, aged just twenty-seven.
• When was Ole Kandelin born?+

  Ole Kandelin was born in 1920 in Finland. Ole Kandelin died in 1947, aged 27.
• How did Ole Kandelin die?+

  Ole Kandelin died in 1947 at the age of 27.