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Erik Nikolai Järnefelt was a Finnish painter and art professor. He is best known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park. He became essentially the national painter of Finland as so many imprtant people wanted him to paint their poereaits. He also did landscapes, focusing on the area around Koli National Park in central Finland,m a beautiful forested area. His most famous painting is 'Under the Yoke' (Burning the Brushwood). It was first named in words from the 'Kalevala'-- a 19th-century epic poem. It was composed by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It became the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is seen as one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. Järnefel painted rge secene in Lapinlahti, Northern Savo. He spent summer 1893 at the Rannan Puurula farmhouse. The tradition of burn-beating was still practiced in the area. This is slash and burn farming practiced in are awith bsoil of limited fertility. the artist did the painting from ketches he drew.
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