Exhibition : Pekka Halonen at the Petit Palais - November 04 2025 to February 22, 2026
The Petit Palais continues its exploration of the world of Finnish painters with a retrospective dedicated to Pekka Halonen.
For the first time in France, the Petit Palais pays tribute to Pekka Halonen (1865-1933), one of the major figures of the golden age of Finnish painting. With this unprecedented retrospective, the museum continues its exploration of the great foreign artists for whom Paris, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, was a fundamental catalyst. Pekka Halonen completed his training in Paris with Paul Gauguin, whose pupil he was in 1893. Born in Lapinlahti, a town in central-eastern Finland, in Northern Savonia, and coming from a peasant background, Pekka Halonen was immersed from an early age in this primitive land, whose authenticity he would never cease to recreate. He tirelessly painted the spectacle of nature, following the rhythm of the seasons and the changing light. The majestic symphony of snow, which fascinated the artist, was his favorite field of experimentation, which he pursued to the point of abstraction.
Opening dates and times:
From November 4, 2025, to February 22, 2026
Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Late night opening until 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays
Closed on Mondays
Admission:
Full price: €17
Reduced price: €15
Free: under 18s
How to get to the Petit Palais from the Hôtel Jardin Le Bréa?
Petit Palais - Av. Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
- From the Hôtel Jardin Le Bréa, take metro line 12 at Notre-Dame-des-Champs (5 min walk), towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers, Concorde station, the Petit Palais museum is then a 13 min walk away,
or take bus line 83 at Guynemer-Vavin (5 min walk), towards Invalides and get off at the same stop, Invalides. Then, you just have to cross the Alexandre III bridge (8 min walk) and you will arrive at the Petit Palais.
The total travel time from our hotel via the two routes is approximately 20-30 minutes.
Practical information :
https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en
Pekka Halonen, Winter Landscape in the Sun, 1911, Finnish National Gallery Collection.
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
© Pekka Halonen 2025
