Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), also Johann or Hans Jürgen Geitell, Geittel or Geittell, was a Finnish painter. Geital was born in

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, and later moved to

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and then

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. He primarily painted religious-themed paintings and portraits. When Geital relocated to

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, the painters

Claes Lang Claes Lang (1690 – 13 July 1761) was a Finnish painter. Lang was born in Stockholm, but his family moved to Finland. His father Jochim Lang was also a painter who had lived and worked in Åland. He married Catharina Elizabeth Roling, whose famil ...

and

Jonas Bergman Jonas Bergman (1724–1810) was a Finnish painter. Bergman was born in Turku. He married Ulrika Lang on 19 October 1749. She was the daughter of the church painter Claes Lang. Bergman primarily painted pulpit and altarpieces, including works in t ...

protested, claiming there was not enough work for all of them. The local registrar's office granted Geital permission for only church historical paintings. He taught at the Royal Academy of Turku from 1758 to 1763. In 1755 he painted the altarpiece for Paimio church. He produced paintings the Nousiainen church in 1756, the

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church in 1759, and the manor house for the Bishop of Turku in 1760. Geital died 1771 in Turku.

References

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