Friday, October 30, 2015

Helen Schjerfbeck



At the Ateneum Museum, the first of these self portraits were on exhibit. Helen Schjerfbeck, 1862-1946, is an important Finnish painter. She often painted women and children, as well as thirty six self portraits.  






For biographical information, see http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/4115/
Note: the Finnish language uses the pronoun "hän" to refer to either male or female. In this automatic translation, the pronoun he is used, which is a confusing detail.  The Ateneum Museum has a large selection of her work.  http://www.ateneum.fi/en/helene-schjerfbeck

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