Spent my last day of this visit at the Ateneum art museum. There was a huge Modigliani exhibit on, and it was a great escape from the winter weather. This museum is filled with work by extraordinary Finnish artists I've never heard of. The first rooms in the museum were the modern rooms, and I fell in love. Here are some of the paintings and rooms that delighted me today. Enjoy!

I need a print of this for my home. Crunch by Paul Osipow

Crunch by Paul Osipow This one is a little dizzying in person. Polydimensional space by Sam Vanni

Polydimensional space by Sam Vanni

Rannanjärvi and Isoo-Antti by Unto Pusa

Rannanjärvi and Isoo-Antti by Unto Pusa

This room is just one long wall of self-portraits by famous Finnish artists!

Finnish artist self-portraits Finnish artist self-portraits

View from the Lallukka artist home by Birger Carlstedt

View from the Lallukka artist home by Birger Carlstedt

LOL WEINERS! The middle one is Bathers by Edvard Munch. 

wieners

Seated woman with child by Modigliani. This was the only Modigliani I photographed; the place was mauled as it's the end of the exhibit's run.

Seated woman with child, Modigliani

There was a room full of French posters as well. This one is a public health poster about tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis poster

King Hobgoblin Sleeping by Hugo Simberg

King Hobgoblin Sleeping by Hugo Simberg That's it for me from this visit to Helsinki. I tried all week to get a good photo of the train station, but the weather isn't cooperating. Here it is, anyway. Thanks as ever for visiting; see you when I'm back in LA!

Train station Train station