Johan Knutson (28 September 1816,

Allerum Allerum is a locality situated in Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 716 inhabitants in 2010. Allerum Church contains an altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious su ...

- 13 September 1899, Helsinki) was a Swedish-born Finnish landscape painter.

Life and work

He studied in Copenhagen in 1838, then in the lithography department at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1839 to 1840. Upon graduating, at the age of twenty-four, he moved to Finland. There, he became a member of the (Artists' Assoaciation} and taught drawing at a school in Porvoo from 1844 to 1890. There, he became a friend of

Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (; 5 February 1804 – 6 May 1877) was a Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet. He wrote exclusively in Swedish. He is considered a national poet of Finland. He is the author of the lyrics to (''Our Land'', ''Maamme'' in Fin ...

, and was influenced by his poetry. In the early 1840s, he depicted street life in Helsinki in humorous graphic sheets, the continued publication of which was, however, banned by the Police Commissioner. From 1845 to 1852, he was involved in illustrating '' Finland framstäldt i teckningar'' (Finland Depicted in Drawings), with text by Zachris Topelius. He created a total of 48 landscape images for the book. His drawings were also included in several booklets, known collectively as '' En resa i Finland'' (Travelling in Finland); published from 1872 to 1874. He had his first solo exhibit in 1858. He also participated in exhibitions in Sweden; notably the General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866). His works may be seen at the , ,

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, Helsinki City Museum,

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and the National Museum of Finland.

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Works by Knutson
@ the Finnish National Gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:Knutson, Johan 1816 births 1899 deaths Swedish painters Finnish painters Landscape painters Swedish lithographers Swedish emigrants to Finland People from Helsingborg Municipality

Life and work

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