Far away from the life of the capital and the latest currents in art Ferdinand von Wright continued painting his birds and immediate surroundings from one decade to the next. Major trends in art changed course, new ideas won ground, Ferdinand continued with what he best knew. Eventually he became an oddity in Finnish art, a somewhat whimsical old man in the backwoods, who was really no longer taken seriously. This was so until Ferdinand, after a long illness and having contented himself with minor tasks, painted a large picture entitled The Fighting Capercaillies (1886). In this picture he returned to his earlier themes of struggle in nature; but this time it is not a struggle for survival, but for the favour of the female who is eyeing the two from the shade of a tree. The Fighting Capercaillies reinstated the ageing Ferdinand as part of the general picture of Finnish art. The painting was purchased for the Art Society's collections and it was received with spontaneous enthusiasm. The Fighting Capercaillies is a work that enjoys unfailing popularity. In the form of hand-painted copies, colour prints, cross-stitch embroideries and tapestries it has spread over the decades into thousands of homes.
The Biedermeier Era B.A. Godenhjelm and C.E. Sjöstrand, the First Teachers at the Helsinki Drawing School 
Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm : Omakuva pietarilaisessa työhuoneessa Carl Eneas Sjöstrand : Kullervon surma Kullervo katkoo kapalonsa Robert Wilhelm Ekman : Ilmatar Kreeta Haapasalo soittaa kannelta talonpoikaistuvassa The Collection of the Finnish Art Society and the Idea of a Museum Magnus von Wright : Pulska-alli Sorsia Wilhelm von Wright : Riippuvia sorsia Magnus von Wright : Liljenstrandein talo talvella Annankatu kylmänä talviaamuna Ferdinand von Wright : Huuhkaja iskee jänikseen Ensi yllätys Haminanlahden puutarhassa Taistelevat metsot
