Ateneum
Ateneum building by Theodor Höijer
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 The location of the museum in Helsinki
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| Established | 1887 |
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 Helsinki, Finland
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| Coordinates | 60°10′12″N 024°56′39″E / 60.17000°N 24.94417°ECoordinates: 60°10′12″N 024°56′39″E / 60.17000°N 24.94417°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Key holdings | The Wounded Angel, Lemminkäinen's Mother, Aino triptych, Raatajat rahanalaiset (Kaski), Street in Auvers-sur-Oise |
| Collection size | 4,300+ paintings, 750+ sculptures |
| Visitors | 400 000 (2012) |
| Director | Susanna Pettersson |
| Website | ateneum |
Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the museums of the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It has the biggest collections of classical art in Finland. Previously the Ateneum building also housed the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and University of Art and Design Helsinki. The Ateneum building is owned by Senate Properties (Finnish: Senaatti-kiinteistöt), the government real estate provider.
The collections of Ateneum include extensively Finnish art all the way from 18th-century rococo portraiture to the experimental art movements of the 20th century. The collections also include some 650 international works of art. One of them is Vincent van Gogh's Street in Auvers-sur-Oise (1890): when the painting was deposited in 1903 Ateneum became the first museum in the world to own a Vincent van Gogh.
The Road Bridge at L'Estaque, Paul Cézanne, 1879/1882
The Fighting Capercaillies, Ferdinand von Wright, 1886
Women Outside the Church at Ruokolahti, Albert Edelfelt, 1887
Street in Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890
Aino Myth, Triptych, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1891
Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood), Eero Järnefelt, 1893
The Wounded Angel, Hugo Simberg, 1903
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