University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design Rovaniemi, Finland
• Responsible Leader of the Project,
Professor of Art History Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja
• Former Project Manager Anne Ihalmo
• Current Project Manager Irina Gerashchenko
• Researcher Jonna Katajamäki
• Former Financial Secretary Heli Järvenpää
• Current Financial Secretary Minna Kangasvieri
Kemi Art Museum Kemi, Finland
• Museum Director Kari Silvennoinen
• Art Curator Tanja Kavasvuo
• Museum Secretary Jaana Pulkkinen
Art Gallery in Luleå Luleå, Sweden
• Art Curator Eva Gun Jensen
• Artist, Art Educator and Art Critic Bertil Sundstedt
• Project Coordinator Tomas Lind
Sámi Center for Contemporary Art Karasjok, Norway
• Acting Director of Norrbottens Museum and the Former Director of the Sámi Center for Contemporary Art Jan-Erik Lundström
• Current Director Hjørdis Kurås
• Office Manager Randi Olstad
Murmansk Regional Art Museum Murmansk, Russia
• Museum Director Olga Evtyukova
• Former Deputy Director for Research at the Murmansk Regional Art Museum Svetlana Romanova
• Project Coordinator Olga Kiseleva
Arts Promotion Centre, Regional Office of Lapland Rovaniemi, Finland
• Secretary General Tomi Aho
• Regional Artist Katja Rakkolainen
• Former Secretary General, the Father of the Northern Beauty Project Kari Laine
Project Meeting in Murmansk, Russia 6.11-9.11.2012. In the background the Murmansk Regional Art Museum. From left Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja, Anne Ihalmo, Olga Kiseleva, Eva Gun Jensen and Bertil Sundstedt. Photo: Jonna Katajamäki.
Project Meeting in Karasjok, Norway 25.2-27.2.2013. In the background the Sámi Center for Contemporary Art. From top left Olga Kiseleva, Olga Evtyukova, Randi Olstad, Tomas Lind, Kari Laine, Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja and Eva Gun Jensen.
Photo: Jonna Katajamäki.
Expert Group Meeting in Murmansk 7.11.2012.
From left Olga Evtyukova, Svetlana Romanova and Katja Rakkolainen. Photo: Jonna Katajamäki.
Opening of the exhibition Northern Beauty and symposium in Kemi, Finland 16.1.2014. Project’s lecturers in a large auditorium of the Cultural Centre of Kemi.
From left Bertil Sundstedt, Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja, Jonna Katajamäki, Olga Kiseleva and Jan-Erik Lundström. Photo:
Anne Ihalmo.
Opening of the exhibition Northern Beauty in Luleå, Sweden 23.4.2014. In the foreground Eva Gun Jensen and Bertil Sundstedt. Photo:
Jonna Katajamäki.
Index of Persons
Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia 10 Alekseev, Valentin 116, 119, 120
Baranov, Vasili 12, 14, 15, 115, 116, 118, 119 Bengtsson, Per 84
Berg, Tex 67 Bergh, Richard 67 Berglund, Mats 79
Berglund, Sture 67, 68, 69, 74, 79 Bernadotte, Eugen Napoleon Nicolaus 139
Bubentsov, Vitali 73, 115, 116, 119, 120, 124, 125, 127, 129, 130
Chagall, Marc 38, 46, 147 Chebaturina, Raisa 119, 126
Chebotar, Sergei 73, 115, 119, 120, 126, 129 Chebotar, Vera 119
Chernomor, Tatiana 115, 116, 119, 126 Chernov, Vladimir 115, 119, 125, 129 Chudzin, Valentin 116
Feofilaktov, Aleksander 115, 119, 124, 126, 128, 129
Harr, Karl Erik 95 Hoskari, Toivo 33, 34, 49, 51 Hurtig, Ingvar 82
Huttunen, Arvi 116, 119, 120, 129 Huuva, Rose-Marie 80 Jensen, Eva Gun 6, 152, 153 Jigrud, Ingvar 68, 72, 75, 79 Johansen, Arnold 108
Karpovich, Grigory 115, 116, 119, 120, 125 Katajamäki, Jonna 6, 152, 153
Korolainen, Olavi 27, 32, 33, 34, 49, 50, 72, 74
Korovin, Konstantin 115, 139 Korpela, Pentti 47, 51
Kovalev, Nikolai 73, 119, 120, 125, 126, 129, 141
Kovalev, Tatiana 114, 119, 120, 125, 126 Krohg, Christian 139
Krohg, Per 139
Kumashov, Vladimir 119, 120, 126, 129 Kumpula, Eero 38, 39, 49, 50, 52, 142 Kurås, Hjørdis 152
Lundbohm, Hjalmar 64, 65, 76, 139
Marakatt-Labba, Britta 80, 84, 104, 105, 107 Marilova, Irina 126
Montell-Saanio, Elsa 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 38
Moore, Henry 38
Morozov, Nikolai 116, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 129
Palsa, Kalervo 39, 41, 44, 142 Pankov, Yuri 119, 125
Raekallio, Reijo 39, 40, 41, 50, 52, 141, 142 Rainesalo, Pirkko 27
Rakkolainen, Katja 6, 152, 153 Rantaniemi, Pekka Aappo 147
Ranttila, Merja Aletta 47, 48, 52 Rautajoki, Mikko 49, 50, 52
Rautiainen, Liisa 33, 34, 35, 49, 50, 72, 74 Rautiainen, Osmo 33
Renberg, Margareta 68, 72 Rensgard, Tora Regina 72 Risberg, Mats 74, 76, 77, 79, 81 Rødsand, Dag 95
Røe, Ola 104, 105
Romanova, Svetlana 152, 153 Rubanov, Anatoly 119 Ruskin, John 65
Saanio, Matti 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 Sallinen, Tyko 147
Sandling, Eva-Stina 84 Sarava, Alpo 80 Savio, Johan 50, 98, 139 Selberg, Rolf 81
Sergienko, Anatoly 117, 119, 120, 121, 125, 129
Sundstedt, Bertil 6, 152, 153
Särestöniemi, Reidar 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 27, 36, 37, 38, 48, 50, 52, 72, 74
Öfverström, Seppo 49, 50, 52, 138 Ögren-Weinmar, Ingela 6
Index of Art
Abandoned Village -series (T. Tuomivaara) 38 After the Ore (R. Wanler) 66
Alpine Epic (G. Johansson) 70–71 Alyosha (A. Feofilaktov) 129 Alyosha >
Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War Anode Operator (G. Gerasimov) 120
Arctic (N. Morozov) 119 At the Window (S. Chebotar) 129 Autumn in the Arctic (A. Huttunen) 120
Blue Bottle (S. Winnerskog) 83 Breast (P. H. Kyrö) 42–43
Breath of the North (V. Bubentsov) 129 By the Sea (S. Persen) 92
Chef (I. Marilova) 126
Children of the North (Y. Ankudinov) 125 City Landscape (N. Kovalev) 129 Čoarveraidu (I. Jåks) 101 Competition (V. Ivazhov) 125
Conqueror of Monche Tundra (G. Glukhikh) 126 Crows (B. Marakatt-Labba) 104–105, 107
Dance of the Gods (I. Jåks) 96–97, 102
Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War (I. A. Pokrovsky & I. D. Brodsky) 22, 26
Delicious Cloudberries (Y. Ankudinov) 125 District Doctor, Porsanger (K. Kivijärvi) 109 Drumstick of the Shaman Drum (I. Jåks) 102 Drunken Artist on Evening Campfire (T. Hoskari) 51
Earth Is So Beautiful (R. Särestöniemi) 38
Encounter in Tundra (V. Ivazhov) 125 Encounters (V. Bubentsov) 129
Geese-Swans (T. & N. Kovalev) 125 Girl in Green Sweater (N. Kovalev) 129 Gogol, The Accountant (M. Risberg) 76 Grandmother Katja (V. Bubentsov) 120
Holiday (V. Kumashov) 129 Homo Sapiens IV (I. Jåks) 98
Hunter on the Mountain (A. Jansson) 64
Ice Crystalweave (E. Hagström) 78
Landscape with Sámi and Reindeer (J.C. Dahl) 95
Lay of the Land (A. Johansen) 108
Master Fisherman Marilov (I. Marilova) 126 Mending Nets (A. Feofilaktov) 129 Mending the Net (A. Feofilaktov) 124 Morning of a New Day (A. Feofilaktov) 129 Murmansk Bus (S. Chebotar) 129 Murmansk in Autumn (T. Kovalev) 125 Murmansk in Winter (T. Kovalev) 125
Muster of the Tundra (A. Feofilaktov) 124, 126, 128 My Arctic (V. Alekseev) 120
My City -series (V. Bubentsov) 120
My Friend from Sovkhoz “Tundra” (A. Sergienko) 124
Nature Conservation -series (R. Särestöniemi) 38 Naval Artist (A. Sergienko) 120
New City Blocks (G. Karpovich) 119 New Year’s Morning (T. Kovalev) 125 Northern Beach (S. Berglund) 69
Olya (A. Feofilaktov) 129
On the Northern Expanse (A. Huttunen) 120 Operation Chukotka (T. & N. Kovalev) 125 Origins (V. Bubentsov) 129
Polar Night in Murmansk (T. Kovalev) 114
Pomor Woman from Umba Village (N. Morozov) 120 Pomor Woman Portrait (A. Sergienko) 120
Port (H. Shemyakina) 119 Portal Cranes (H. Shemyakina) 119
Portrait of A. Bredov (G. Glukhikh) 126 Portrait of M. G. Kozlov (V. Bubentsov) 120
Portrait of the Oldest Member of the Pomor Choir, Kichigina (A. Sergienko) 120, 124
Portrait of Sámi (A. Feofilaktov) 129 Portrait of Tralmeyster (V. Bubentsov) 127 Pre-War Tango (A.I. Kluyshkin) 129
Reidar Särestöniemi Portrait (V. Baranov) 12, 13, Reindeer Herder (N. Morozov) 124
Reindeer Migration (R. Särestöniemi) 8 Reindeer - Sun (M. Kirin) 125
River Ounasjoki Flows from the Land of the Midnight Sun (R. Särestöniemi) 36, 38
Sámi (A. Feofilaktov) 124 Sámi Beauty (N. Morozov) 124 Sámi Fishermen (N. Morozov) 124
Sampo - a Little Laplander (T. & N. Kovalev) 125 Sasha (A. Sergienko) 129
Seaport (G. Karpovich) 119 Sleeping War Machine (A. Gaup) 104
Songs of Northern Coast (A. Sergienko) 120, 121 Strut of the Cranes (V. Alekseev) 120
Summer Evening at Nordenskjold Archipelago (A. Huttunen) 129
Summer Night in Kovda (M. Lapin) 129 Surface Mining of Apatite Ore (V. Ershov) 119 Suvanto Village (E. Kumpula) 39
Treasure Trove of Kovdor (V. Bubentsov) 120
Tunnel Street (C. G. Nordin) 62
Umba Mountains (V. Bubentsov) 124
Undammed Rapids of Ounas River (R. Särestöniemi) 38
Waste Land (I. Jigrud) 75
Willow Grouses at the Fell (R. Särestöniemi) 11 Winter (S. Chebotar) 129
Winter Fairy Tale (T. & N. Kovalev) 125
Winter of my Childhood (EH. Aalto) 106 Winter on Seyd Lake (N. Morozov) 124 Winter Road (N. Kovalev) 129 Virgins Afternoon (M. A. Ranttila) 48 Visiting Pomorka (A. Sergienko) 117 Visiting the Pomor Woman (A. Sergienko) 120 Voice of Moscow (B. Syuhin) 125
Women of Kizhi (M. Kirin) 125 Working Morning (N. Morozov) 119