Editing Finland (section)

=== Visual arts, design, and architecture ===
{{See also|Architecture of Finland|Finnish art}}
[[File:Sammon puolustus.jpg|thumb|right|[[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]], ''[[The Defense of the Sampo]]'', 1896, [[Turku Art Museum]]]]
The visual arts in Finland started to form their characteristics in the 19th century when [[Romantic nationalism]] was rising in autonomic Finland. The best known Finnish painters, [[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]], started painting in a [[Realism (arts)|naturalist]] style but moved to national romanticism. Other notable painters of the era include [[Pekka Halonen]], [[Eero Järnefelt]], [[Helene Schjerfbeck]] and [[Hugo Simberg]]. In the late 20th century, the homoerotic art of Touko Laaksonen, pseudonym [[Tom of Finland]], found a worldwide audience.<ref>Arell, Berndt; Mustola, Kati (2006). ''Tom of Finland: Ennennäkemätöntä – Unforeseen'', p. 187.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tom of Finland stamps on sale Monday; Finland's biggest seller ever|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/tom_of_finland_stamps_on_sale_monday_finlands_biggest_seller_ever/7459075|access-date=15 January 2015|work=Yle Uutiset|date=8 September 2014|archive-date=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211064900/http://yle.fi/uutiset/tom_of_finland_stamps_on_sale_monday_finlands_biggest_seller_ever/7459075|url-status=live}}</ref>

Finland's best-known sculptor of the 20th century was [[Wäinö Aaltonen]], remembered for his monumental [[Bust (sculpture)|busts]] and sculptures. The works of [[Eila Hiltunen]] and [[Laila Pullinen]] exemplifies the [[modernism]] in sculpture.

Finns have made major contributions to [[handicraft]]s and [[industrial design]]: among the internationally renowned figures are [[Timo Sarpaneva]], [[Tapio Wirkkala]] and [[Ilmari Tapiovaara]]. Finnish architecture is famous around the world, and has contributed significantly to several styles internationally, such as [[Jugendstil]] (or [[Art Nouveau]]), [[Nordic Classicism]] and [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]]. Among the top 20th-century Finnish architects to gain international recognition are [[Eliel Saarinen]] and his son [[Eero Saarinen]]. Architect [[Alvar Aalto]] is regarded as among the most important 20th-century designers in the world;<ref>James Stevens Curl, ''Dictionary of Architecture'', Grange Books, Rochester, 2005, p. 1.</ref> he helped bring functionalist architecture to Finland, but soon was a pioneer in its development towards an [[Organic architecture|organic]] style.<ref>Sigfried Giedion, ''Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition'', Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2nd edition, 1949.</ref> Aalto is also famous for his work in furniture, lamps, textiles, and [[glassware]], which were usually incorporated into his buildings.