Magnus Enckell (1870 - 1925) was a finnish painter. In the works of his youth, he used a colour palette that was very narrow and ascetic: grey, black and brown. The young Enckell is considered one of the most important symbolistic painters in Finland.
In Enckell's art there is often a young man on the verge of adulthood, intrigued by the secrets of life and death. The artist portrayed the pain of growing up and the questions which were provoked by life full of possibilities. 
Many feelings he portrayed might have also been autobiographical and have a connection to his current experiences - after all he was a young painter in the 1890s, searching for his own way and expression and living passionately at the pulse of the times - insticts open to adjust to new things.
On the other hand he wanted to capture moments that often pass quickly; person's powerful emotional reactions or when one is confronted to make a decision.
"I do not want to let the nature enchant me... it is like loving the running water, that is already dried or drifted away. -- Personality, that shines from within and does not change in every weather, that is what I am searching for."Magnus Enckell, 1891
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