Gradually Lampi's defiance subsided and died away. It was replaced
by intimate and delicate pictures of his home environment.
The Roof
of the Sauna
(1933) and
The Weeping Willow
(1934)
were visible to his studio, which was built in an outbuilding's loft. The series
of self-portraits reflects Lampi's spiritual development from the defiant 'king of
the plains' all the way to the despondent artist that he became:
The melancholy
of nature is nothing but nature's greatness and power. The plains elevate but they
also crush.
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Past, Present of Future? Problems of Orientation in the 20's and 30's 
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