Vilho Lampi's (1898-1936) early paintings are a protest against people's affectedness and artificiality. Lampi's people are ruthless and agressive, brazen and violent.
His home district Liminka in Ostrobothnia is situated on ancient sea
bed and its broadness was emphasized by long lines of barns. This broadness
of the Liminka plains, its distant horizon, is visible in Lampi's art.
Lampi's art was inherently linked with the only environment that was
thoroughly familiar to him. Being the eldest son of a farmer he was obliged
to take part in the farm's daily work and to paint only when he found
the time. As a result Lampi sometimes spoke sourly of pictures that
he painted for cows. It was a long way from Liminka to Helsinki and
the centres of artistic activity.
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Past, Present of Future? Problems of Orientation in the 20's and 30's 
Ernst Krohn : Koulutyttö Sakari Tohka : Nuoruus Eemu Myntti : Uimarannalla Yrjö Saarinen : Lepohetki Vilho Lampi : Raita Saunan katto Eero Nelimarkka : Neiti Kekäläinen The Noise and Quiet of the City Väinö Kunnas : Kaupunkikuva Harmaa tanssi Sulho Sipilä : Luistinrata Sisäkuva Ragnar Ekelund : Nôtre-Dame Olli Miettinen : La Piste II Birger Carlstedt : Paysage étrange Edwin Lydén : Ukonilma Otto Mäkilä : Kesäyö Satu Wäinö Aaltonen : Jean Sibelius Paavo Nurmen patsas Graniittipoika Kahlaaja Aleksis Kivi, luonnos
