Jochim Neiman (1600-1673) was a German-born traveling painter who primarily worked in Finland. After being born in Germany, Neiman moved to

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during

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's reign, and trained as a painter there. A work boom for artists in Finland lured him in 1631 to work in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

. He participated in restorations at the Turku Cathedral. In the early 1650s he was a pioneer of portrait painting as Finland's first portrait painter. He produces works of a large number of the

Royal Academy of Turku The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo ( sv, Kungliga Akademin i Åbo or ; la, Regia Academia Aboensis; fi, Turun akatemia) was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country ...

's professors, but almost all were destroyed in the Turku fire of 1738 and the

Great Fire of Turku The Great Fire of Turku ( fi, Turun palo, sv, Åbo brand and russian: Пожар Або) was a conflagration in the city of Turku in 1827. It is still the largest urban fire in the history of Finland and the Nordic countries. The city had burned ...

in 1827. Neiman also painted the portraits of a number of clergy, including the vicar of the church in Rauma (1640), and the bishop of

Gripsholm Castle Gripsholm Castle ( sv, Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripshol ...

(1652). A portrait of

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg (October 22, 1592 – May 10, 1657) was a Finnish nobleman of the Swedish Empire, military officer, and Governor-General. He was appointed member of the Royal Council in 1625, Field Marshal in 1628, Governor ...

by Neiman now resides at the

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. Neiman was also a teacher, and apprenticed a number of painters including

Abraham Myra Abraham Myra (1639-1684) was a Finnish painter. Myra studied under Jochim Neiman as an apprentice in 1656. He primarily painted religious-themed works and altarpieces for church commissions. Myra was in high demand around Turku during the 1670s. ...

and Didrik Möllerum.

References

1600 births 1673 deaths Finnish male painters 17th-century Finnish painters Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire Immigrants to the Swedish Empire {{Finland-painter-stub