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The Finnish painter, graphic designer and photographer Axel Gallen, who was later known as Akseli Gallen-Kallela, was born in Pori on April 26, 1865. His father died suddenly in 1879 when Axel was attending high school in Helskinki. From 1878-1881 Axel attended evening classes at a drawing school in Helskinki, which was run by the Finnish Fine Arts Association. He also received art tuition at the Central School of Applied Arts.At the age of 19 Axel Gallen moved to Paris to study at the Julian Ac …

Georges Seurat was a painter, best known for his unique take on painting. This well-established painter developed a painting style known as the pointillist painting method otherwise known as neo-impressionist or divisionism technique. The method involves making precise dot-like strokes so as to attain a clean finish. Georges had mastered this technique enabling him to create some of the world’s masterpieces. Within his late twenties, Georges had become a well-known artist by painting outs …