Jorma Ollila’s Portrait was recently exhibited at the Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki for the exhibition “100 Years of Future”, a collaboration between the Finland Chamber of Commerce and Amos Anderson Art Museum in celebration of the centenary of Finnish Independence. The exhibition presented portraits of Finnish business leaders and prominent figures in trade and industry […]
KAUPPALEHTI OPTIO- Immortalized on canvas
KAUPPALEHTI OPTIO -magazine Kankaalle ikuistettu – Immortalized on canvas Text written in Finnish by Heikki Haapavaara 2 February 2017 Immortalized on canvas! There is hardly any other way to seal a leader´s career more beautifully like a real portrait. Traditions have obliged leaders to be immortalized on canvas. Jorma Ollila, Sirkka Hämäläinen and Antti Tanskanen […]
With Nokia in Finland
The portrait of former Nokia CEO and Chairman, Jorma Ollila, commissioned by Nokia Corporation was painted in the fall of 2012. During the portrait commission, Gottlieb was hosted at the Nokia Cable Factory in the Ruoholahti district of Helsinki where he painted the chairman in an outfitted studio of the building during scheduled portrait sittings […]
Unveiling
The first ceremony was scheduled for 12:30 and was for the staff and personnel of the estate. There were about 30-40 people in all. The Earl spoke about how he found Adrian for the portrait and why he chose him. He talked about his sittings for him and how pleased he was about the overall […]
Frame
The next day we tackled our main duty first, to get Adrian’s painting varnished. Our first stop was Cornelissen’s. He bought damar and mastic that he would mix to get the right varnish. We also found a curious bottle of lemon oil and were amused to find that the shop girl thought it was […]
Hanging
The next day the painting arrived within the same hour of our arrival. After the initial unwrapping, everyone stood back to survey the frame itself, or rather its backside. But you could tell it was a handsome sturdy construction made of French white oak and carried Wiggin’s official signature. The Earl was visibly pleased with […]
