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A Tolpo artist family Fine Art Gallery and Studios
Fine Arts
and Fine Crafts Direct from Tolpo Artists
Illinois Arizona Colorado Hawaii
Lily
Tolpo Painter/Sculptor/Designer: Tolpo Fine Art Studios and Gallery is located in Jo Daviess county,
Illinois, the Tolpo Artists archives and studio-gallery. Lily Tolpo works grace extensive private and public sites including the life size Lincoln and Douglas in Debate statue. Reproductions are available including a sculpture
series of Great Americans. Email
Painter/Sculptor, Carl Tolpo
(1901-1976)
Carl Tolpo and his artist wife, Lily, settled in Northwestern Illinois. His career as painter/sculptor includes numerous official
and public pieces including those listed in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Catalog of American Portraits. For 15+ years with their three children, Ti, Carolyn, and Vincent, they summered in
Yellowstone Park. Reproductions of his Yellowstone Grand Canyon paintings have been sold since 1939. His heroic head
sculpture of Abraham Lincoln enjoys ranking with 5 best of Lincolniana.
Now available via www.lincolnartbytolpo.com.
Vincent Tolpo & Carolyn Lee Tolpo: Shawnee Mountain
Gallery is located 38 miles SW of Denver, 55918 US 285, in Colorado Rocky Mountain country. Since 1981, this husband/wife
Tolpo artist team have created site-specific wrapped fiberart for public, corporate, and residential spaces. Works of Vincent
and Carolyn Lee Tolpo
include metal sculpture, painting, pottery and jewlery. Email Web: www.artspiral.com
Ti
Tolpo Bader,Portrait Artist: A Prescott, Arizona studio is home for this Tolpo
artist. Her art specializes in people,landscapes,homes, wildlife,and pets. Work is created
from life or photos, new or old, and she uses a variety of media including, pen&ink, pastels and acrylics. Visit her website
www.artbytolpobader.com
C.
Tolpo,Carolyn Tolpo Smith: In Honolulu, she specializes in fine portaiture as well as custom painting at
C. Tolpo Portrait.Art Studio and calls the Hawaiian Islands home. Her website, Home ,celebrates Hawaii and shares
portrait painting, work-in-progress and links to her East Oahu Sun newspaper column about life and art connections,The Artpart and her book Beauty Secrets For Life The Artpart with custom gifts at online
store, Art Beauty Shop.
The Tolpo clan and art heritage traces back to 1300's, Finland:
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Although designed by Anders Granstedt,
the community of Kerimaki in 1800's under the direction of church-builder, Axel Magnus Tolpo, built the world's
largest Christian wooden church, Kerimaki Church. Upon
his sudden death his son, Theodor Johan Tolpo, took over and it was completed is just three years, 1847. His grave
was the first in the now consecrated cemetary and reads: "Master Builder Axel Magnus Tolpo Born 1782 Died 1845." Total
church capacity seats 5000 people, the original idea was to gather all the people for worship at one time.
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The Kalevala is a classic epic from indigenous people
of Finland and was compiled from their folk songs by Elias Lonnrot of the Tolpo clan. It was published in its final
form in 1849. Since then it has been translated into 53 languages, 49 published. The Kalevala has inspired music
pieces we enjoy today like the Tapiola by Finnish composer, Jean Sebelius. Celebration of Elias Lonnrot
200th Birthday was in 2002.
"Life is short; Art is long." Hippocrates c.460–c.370 BC
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