Anttonen, Prized Roses and Odd Blooms - The Tikanoja Art Collection

Prized Roses and Odd Blooms introduces the art collection donated to the City of Vaasa in 1951 by the Finnish industrialist Frithjof Tikanoja (1877-1964). Tikanoja took an interest in art during the First World War. He befriended and socialized with many artists and cultural figures after his marriage to Ruusa Myntti, who came from an artistic family. The Tikanoja Art Collection is distinguished by rarities including 19th and 20th century French masterpieces by such artists as Gustave Courbet,...