November Group (Finland)

November Group (Marraskuun ryhmä) was an association of Finnish expressionist artists, gathered around Tyko Sallinen.

[2] Members of the group included Tyko Sallinen, Marcus Collin, Alvar Cawén,[3] Juho Rissanen and Gabriel Engberg.

[4] Other members of the group were Eero Nelimarkka, Juho Mäkelä, Wäinö Aaltonen, Ilmari Aalto, Hannes Autere, Kalle Carlstedt, Mikko Carlstedt, Ragnar Ekelund, Uuno Eskola, Einar Ilmoni, Karl Ingelius, Jussi Jylänki, Albin Kaasinen, Viljo Kojo, Paavo Leinonen, Anton Lindforss, Arvo Makkonen, Alex Matson, Kosti Meriläinen, Jalmari Ruokokoski, Inni Siegberg and Antti Wanninen.

[6] Sallinen, Collin and Cawén had studied in France and were familiar with French fauvism and expressionism.

[6] Many of the future group members had met each other in Denmark already in 1910, where they stayed with taylor Niels-Peder Rydeng, who became a patron and collector of modern art.