Frans Alvar Alfred Cawén (1886-1935) was a Finnish expressionist

Expressionism

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...

 painter

Painting

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. He was born in Korpilahti

Korpilahti

Korpilahti is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Korpilahti was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009....

 and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)

Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)

The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland provides the highest university-level theoretical and practical training in the country in fine arts....

 between 1905 and 1907 and in Paris between 1908 and 1909.

Among his works are altarpiece

Altarpiece

An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...

s for churches in Mänttä

Mänttä

Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009....

, Kuusankoski

Kuusankoski

Kuusankoski is a former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland. The population of Kuusankoski was 20,392 and the total area was 129.5 km² of which 114 km² was land and 14.56 km² water. It is located some ...

, Lapinlahti

Lapinlahti

Lapinlahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

, and Simpele.

He married Ragni Cawén (1891-1981), a painter, who following his death continued to paint; the Didrichsen Art Museum

Didrichsen Art Museum

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owns works by both artists.