artist: Tapio Kinnunen (Finnish 1934-1981)
medium: gouache and mixed media on board
dimensions: 62 x 42 cm framed size / 60 x 40 cm board size (approx)
signed and dated 69
* 1 November, 2026 - presented in its original frame - new non-reflective UV glass currently being fitted. Due back at the gallery 12 November, 2026. If purchased in the meantime, we will fulfil your order as soon as this glass is added.
AU $1550 (approx US $1080 / 965 EUROS / 170,000 yen / 805 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist biography
Tapio Helge Kaino Kinnunen was born in 1934 in Palkjärvi. He was a painter and graphic artist from Turku.
Kinnunen studied at the Taideteollinen oppilaitos - the University of Art and Design(TaiK) in Helsinki from 1956 to 1957.
He exhibited in solo and group exhibitions. Select solo exhibitions include ones of his home town of Turku annually from 1956 to 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977. He had a solo show in Helsinki in 1977. Outside of Finland he had solo shows in Florence in 1958, Albany, New York in 1961, New York in 1964, and Solothurn, Switzerland in 1973.
Examples of Kinnunen's work is held in a number of public collections including in Finland at the the Imatra Art Museum and the City of Turku collection, and in Sweden at the Konstmuseet in Gothenburg.
He produced a number of public works including a work in 1960 for Outokumpu Oy, Harjavalta, another in 1965 at Salora Oy, Salo, and a work in 1957 at Radio Bern, Switzerland.
Kinnunen passed away on January 19, 1981.