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One of the senior group left the partner meeting in Brussels and the second Kisakeskus. In Kisakeskus seniors spent five days. The days were filled with the program. Fortunately, the weather in Finland were comfortable and warm, so it was wonderful to have a beautiful outdoor scenery. Kisakeskus is located near the Tammisaari-town. It is on the banks of a beautiful lake. Senior citizens, who have come from Karelia, said that they felt that the native landscape.�

Promoters was five. After five days, the participants kuntoilivat, listened to lectures, sang, and walked to the lake scenery. Alexander Kekkonen told us about the event and others were interested in this opportunity to get this type to rehabilitation.

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Seniors made ??the trip Athenaeum, Museum of Fine Arts and became acquainted with Eero J�rnefelt production in April.�

Eero Erik Nikolai J�rnefelt�(8 November 1863 � 15 November 1937) was a�Finnish�realist�painter.

J�rnefelt was born in�Viipuri,�Finland. His father�August Aleksander J�rnefelt�was an officer in the�Russian�army and his mother was�Elisabeth J�rnefelt�(n�e�Clodt von J�rgensburg). He studied at the�St. Petersburg�art academy between 1883 and 1885, the same school at which�Albert Edelfelt�had studied. Eero J�rnefelt's sister Aino J�rnefelt married composer�Jean Sibelius�in 1892,

Eero J�rnefelt's sisters and brothers were�Kasper,�Arvid,�Aino�Ellida, Ellen,�Armas, Hilja and Sigrid.

He went to study in�Paris�in 1886, where he became friends with�Akseli Gallen-Kallela,�Emil Wikstr�m�and�Louis Sparre. He was inspired by the�plein-air�and�naturalistic�paintings of�Jules Bastien-Lepage

On a trip to�Keuruu�in 1889, he met�actress�Saimi Swan. They were married in 1890.

His most famous painting is probably�The Wage Slaves�(Raatajat rahanalaiset�or�Kaski, from 1893,�External link), depicting�slash-and-burn�agriculture.

Eero J�rnefelt was especially inspired by nature in the Koli area, nowadays�Koli National Park. Together with A.W. Finch and Ilmari Aalto, he painted a large scene of Koli in 1911. It can be seen in the restaurant of�Helsinki�railway station.

J�rnefelt died in Helsinki.

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