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W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen (1894\u20131966) \u00e4r en av Finlands mest k\u00e4nda skulpt\u00f6rer. Hans historia b\u00f6rjar i \u00c5botrakten, och staden kom att spela en central roll framf\u00f6r allt i b\u00f6rjan av hans karri\u00e4r.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen var en aktiv gestalt i det finska kulturlivet. I sin ungdom var han en experimentell och reforminriktad modernist, senare i livet blev han en kraftfull och ibland omstridd kulturpersonlighet. Hans namn kom s\u00e5 sm\u00e5ningom om att f\u00f6rknippas permanent med \u00c5bo, n\u00e4r hans konst och arkivmaterial utgjorde grunden f\u00f6r \u00c5bo stads konstmuseum W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonens museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barndom och ungdom i \u00c5botrakten<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Aaltonen f\u00f6ddes i den lilla kommunen Karinais den 8 mars 1894. \u00c5r 1902 flyttade familjen till \u00f6n Hirvensalo utanf\u00f6r \u00c5bo, d\u00e4r han tillbringade sin barndom. Han gick i folkskola i \u00c5bo och avslutade sin skolg\u00e5ng 1907.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Den unge Aaltonen studerade vid Konstf\u00f6reningens ritskola i \u00c5bo fr\u00e5n 1910 till 1915. Till l\u00e4rarna h\u00f6rde bland annat Victor Westerholm<\/strong> och Santeri Salokivi<\/strong>. Vid sidan av sina studier deltog han i Hirvensalo ungdomsf\u00f6renings verksamhet, m\u00e5lade programomslag och idrottade i Turun Riento och Turun Weikot. De tr\u00e4nade v\u00e4nnerna var goda modeller f\u00f6r hans tidiga kroppsstudier och senare \u00e4ven f\u00f6r skisser av hj\u00e4ltestatyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fotografiet av den 29 \u00e5r gamla konstn\u00e4ren \u00e4r taget i Atelier Alppila \u00e5r 1923. Fotografiet \u00e4r signerat av W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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V\u00e4gen till skulptur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skulptur undervisades inte p\u00e5 ritskolan, men ett ett\u00e5rigt bes\u00f6k av skulpt\u00f6ren Felix Nylund<\/strong> kan ha v\u00e4ckt Aaltonens intresse. Han arbetade som assistent \u00e5t Aarre Aaltonen<\/strong> och l\u00e4rde sig att bearbeta sten som sommarhj\u00e4lp f\u00f6r stenhuggare p\u00e5 Hirvensalo. Dessa erfarenheter blev avg\u00f6rande steg p\u00e5 v\u00e4gen mot hans framtid som en av Finlands mest respekterade skulpt\u00f6rer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Den unga nationen formar sin identitet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

P\u00e5 1920-talet, n\u00e4r Finland som nybliven sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig nation s\u00f6kte sin kulturella identitet, tr\u00e4dde Aaltonen fram som en konstn\u00e4r som kraftfullt uttryckte finskhet. Han hade tidigt n\u00e4ra kontakter med viktiga kulturpersonligheter och betydelsefulla mecenater som bidrog till att etablera hans position inom det finl\u00e4ndska konstlivet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c5r 1954 deltog W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen tillsammans med Tyko Sallinen<\/strong> som Finlands f\u00f6rsta officiella representanter i Venedigbiennalen, ett viktigt steg f\u00f6r finsk skulptur i v\u00e4rldens mest k\u00e4nda konstevenemang. Detta var en tid d\u00e5 finsk konst s\u00f6kte internationell status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen utn\u00e4mndes till medlem av Finlands akademi 1948 och mottog hedersdoktorat fr\u00e5n Lunds universitet (1941) och Helsingfors universitet (1950).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aaltonen atelj\u00e9 p\u00e5 F\u00e4rjstranden i Hirvensalo. P\u00e5 platsen finns numera Juhani Pallasmaas<\/strong> konstverk Musa\/Minnessp\u00e5r<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen och nationalkomposit\u00f6ren Jean Sibelius<\/strong>, 1935. Aaltonen formgav flera verk f\u00f6rest\u00e4llande Sibelius.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonens museum p\u00e5 1970-talet. Museibyggnaden stod klar 1967. Hede-Foto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ett museum v\u00e4xer fram i \u00c5bo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trots att Aaltonens konstn\u00e4rsbana b\u00f6rjade i \u00c5bo var det l\u00e5ngt ifr\u00e5n sj\u00e4lvklart att museet som b\u00e4r hans namn skulle grundas h\u00e4r. P\u00e5 1950-talet k\u00f6pte han en tomt p\u00e5 Br\u00e4nd\u00f6 i Helsingfors med planer f\u00f6r en ny atelj\u00e9 och bostad. Han dr\u00f6mde ocks\u00e5 om ett eget museum p\u00e5 en natursk\u00f6n plats omgiven av en park. Bostaden stod klar till julen 1960, men varken atelj\u00e9 eller museum byggdes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c5bo tillk\u00e4nnagav museiprojektet p\u00e5 Aaltonens f\u00f6delsedag den 8 mars 1964, och museibyggnaden ritades av konstn\u00e4rens son Matti <\/strong>och hans hustru, arkitekten Irma Aaltonen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaltonen donerade sitt omfattande bibliotek, n\u00e5gra privata f\u00f6rem\u00e5l, arkivmaterial och en stor samling av sin konst som grund f\u00f6r museets samling. Trots sviktande h\u00e4lsa deltog han i utformningen av museet, men fick aldrig se det f\u00e4rdiga museet. WAM \u00f6ppnades f\u00f6r allm\u00e4nheten p\u00e5 \u00c5bodagen i september 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slutet p\u00e5 ett livsverk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen avled den 30 maj 1966 i Helsingfors. Han begravdes i familjegraven p\u00e5 S:t Marie kyrkog\u00e5rd i \u00c5bo. P\u00e5 graven st\u00e5r hans eget verk Genius<\/em> Montanus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00d6versta bilden: \u00c5bo Lilja av W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen \u00e4r \u00c5bo stads f\u00f6rsta offentliga konstanskaffning fr\u00e5n 1927. Lilja st\u00e5r i Runebergsskv\u00e4ren intill Aura bro.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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