Vilho Lampi
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{{short description|Finnish painter}}
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| birth_date = 19 July 1898
| death_date = {{d-da|17 March 1936|19 July 1898}}
| nationality = Finnish
| field = Painter
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Vilho Henrik Lampi (19 July 1898 – 17 March 1936) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his self-portraits and paintings of Liminka and the people who lived there.{{cite web |last1=Vieru |first1=Elina |title=Lampi, Vilho (1898 - 1936) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1324 |website=Kansallisbiografia |accessdate=18 August 2020 |date=21 March 2005}}{{cite news |last1=Valjakka |first1=Timo |title=Liminkalaisen Vilho Lammen teokset ovat täynnä ekspressionismin uhmaa ja lakeuden kauneutta |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000006437809.html |accessdate=18 August 2020 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=13 March 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Ahonen |first1=Hanna-Mari |title=Miksi Vilho Lammesta tuli myyttinen taiteilija? Pimeän pohjolan synkkä erakko muistetaan kotiseudulla rehevänä puhujana – silti kaikki päättyi tragediaan |url=https://www.lapinkansa.fi/miksi-vilho-lammesta-tuli-myyttinen-taiteilija-pim/663631 |accessdate=18 August 2020 |work=Lapinkansa |date=1 March 2020}}{{cite web |title=Vilho Lampi |url=https://www.hamhelsinki.fi/exhibition/vilho-lampi/ |website=Helsinki Art Museum |accessdate=18 August 2020}}
History
Lampi was born in Oulu but lived in Liminka for most of his life. He studied at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts from 1921 to 1925 and after finishing his studies he returned to Liminka, where he lived and painted his most famous works.
File:Vilho Lampi self-portrait 1929.jpg
File:Vilho Lampi self portrait 1932.jpg
File:Vilho Lampi (1898–1936)- Self-Portrait - Omakuva (29649645955).jpg
Lampi committed suicide on 17 March 1936 by jumping from a bridge to Oulujoki while visiting in Oulu.{{cite web |url=http://vilholampi.ouka.fi/biografia/viimeisetvuodet.php |title= Viimeiset vuodet |last= |first= |date= |website=Oulu Art Museum |publisher= |access-date=28 December 2016 |language=fi}}
Literature
- Unto Immonen: Vilho Lampi, lakeuden melankoolikko in Suomen taiteen vuosikirja 1956–1957, Porvoo, 1957. {{in lang|fi}}
- Paavo Rintala: Jumala on kauneus, (novel about Vilho Lampi) Otava, 1959. {{in lang|fi}}
- Eeli Aalto: Vilho Lampi, lakeuden maalari : esittelyä ja taustaa, Arvi A. Karisto, Hämeenlinna, 1967. {{in lang|fi}}
- Marja Junttila et al.: Vilho Lampi 1898–1936, ARS Nordica & Kustannus Pohjoinen, 1998 {{ISBN|951-749-312-6}} {{in lang|fi}}
Films
- Eeli Aalto: Vilho Lampi, Lakeuden maalari, 1966.
- Hannu Heikinheimo: Jumala on kauneus, 1985.
Plays
- Kaija Viinikainen: Jumala on kauneus, Kajaanin kaupunginteatteri, 1981.
- Kristian Smeds: Jumala on kauneus, Teatteri Takomo, 2000 and Finnish National Theatre, 2008.
- Taisto Reimaluoto: Tässä on elämä, Kajaanin Runoviikko, 2001.
Gallery
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|Vilho Lampi.Tuoli. 1928.jpg|Chair, 1928
|Vilho Lampi. Maalaismaisema.jpg|Rural View, 1929
|Viljamakasiini. Vilho Lampi. 1929.jpg|Granary, 1929
|Vilho Lampi - Ponderer.jpg|Ponderer, 1929
|Ruhmu-Jussi.jpg|Ruhmu-Jussi, 1929
|Lampi, Hevoshuijarit.jpg|Horse-Copers, 1930
|Vilho Lampi Pitäjän Keisari 1930.JPG|Emperor of the Parish, 1930
|Vilho Lampi - Moonshiners (with frames).jpg|Moonshiners, 1930, with the artist himself in the middle
|Lampi, Mestaaja.jpg|Decapitator, 1930
|Vilho Lampi - Limingan joki - Helsinki Art Museum.jpg|Liminganjoki River, 1934
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://vilholampi.ouka.fi/ Vilho Lampi] Oulu City Art Museum {{in lang|fi|en}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720184344/http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/wandora/w?action=gen&lang=fi&si=http:%2F%2Fwww.muusa.net%2Fnimi%2FLampi__Vilho Vilho Lampi's works], Finnish National Gallery {{in lang|fi|sv|en}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070727010942/http://artikkelihaku.kansallisbiografia.fi/artikkeli/1324/ Vilho Lampi] Biografiakeskus {{in lang|fi}}
- [http://www.artnet.com/artist/643463/vilho-lampi.html Vilho Lampi on artnet] {{in lang|en}}
- [http://web.artprice.com/artistdetails.aspx?idarti=NTM5MTM0NTMyODM1ODc1LQ==&artist=Vilho+LAMPI Vilho Lampi Auction Sales and Art Market Information] artprice.com {{in lang|en}}
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Category:People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Category:20th-century Finnish painters