During the 20's the visual arts underwent under the influence of
the New Objectivety a simplification and clarifying of its forms.
Cubism played its own important part in this development.
The influence of Cubism was clearly visible in the works of
Olli Miettinen
(1899-1969). Picasso, Braque and Gris
were the Cubist masters that Miettinen encountered on his trip to
Paris at the end of the 20's, and who came to mean a new foundation
for his art.
I strive for pure colour surfaces - away from materiality.
Still-life, La Piste II
(1931) was painted in an attic
room in Viipuri and was inspired by a copy of La Piste, a newspaper
brought home from Paris. But Cubism was still too alien to the Finnish
public; Miettinen's Cubist still-lifes met with no success in exhibitions
and neither did they sell. There was no alternative but to go back.
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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
