An list of notable

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Ilmari Aalto Ilmari Aalto (August 7, 1891 – 29 September 1934) was a Finnish painter. He was a member of the expressionist November Group led by the artist Tyko Sallinen. Aalto painted still lives, landscapes and portraits. Life Aalto was born in Kuopi ...

(1891–1934) * Fredrik Ahlstedt (1839–1901) *

Immanuel Alm Immanuel Alm (1767–1809) was a Finnish painter. Alm's father Johan Alm was also a painter. They both worked on religious-themed paintings, including altarpieces such as one at the church in Kaustinen. The National Museum of Finland The ...

(1767–1809), painter primarily of altarpieces *

Johan Alm Johan Alm (1728–1810) was a Finnish painter and field sergeant. Alm was born and lived and worked most of his life in the city of Vaasa. Alm's son Immanuel Alm was also a painter. They both worked on religious-themed paintings, including al ...

(1728–1810), painter of primarily religious-themed works * Tor Arne (born 1934) * Helena Arnell (1697–1751), one of the first Finnish painters, and one of the few female artists

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* Johan Backman (1706–1768) * Adolf von Becker (1831–1909) * Carl Bengts (1876–1934) * Jonas Bergman (1724–1810) *

Gunnar Berndtson Gunnar Fredrik Berndtson (24 October 1854, Helsinki – 9 April 1895, Helsinki) was a painter from the Grand Duchy of Finland who was noted for his attention to realistic detail. Biography His father was , a well-known author, journalist and poe ...

(1854–1895) * Elias Brenner (1647–1717)

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Margareta Capsia Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was a Swedish/Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait pa ...

(1682–1759), first professional native female painter in Finland *

Birger Carlstedt John Birger Jarl Carlstedt (12 July 1907 in Helsinki – 3 October 1975 in Helsinki) was a Finnish painter and a pioneer of Modern Art in Finland. His painting style went through various changes, with influences from Impressionism, Expressionism, ...

(1907–1975) *

Alvar Cawén Frans Alvar Alfred Cawén (8 June 1886, Korpilahti - 3 March 1935 Helsinki) was a Finnish expressionist painter. Biography Frans Alvar Alfred Cawen was born in central Finland on 8 June 1886 at Korpilahti, the son of the Revd. Frans Cawen and El ...

(1886–1935) *

Fanny Churberg Fanny Churberg (12 December 1845, in Vaasa – 10 May 1892, in Helsinki) was a Finland, Finnish landscape painter. Biography Her father, Matias Churberg, was a doctor from a family of farmers and her mother Maria was the daughter of the vicar in L ...

(1845–1892) * Marcus Collin (1882–1966)

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* Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861–1919)

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Albert Edelfelt Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905) was a Finnish-Swedish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art. He lived in the Grand Duchy of Finland and made Finnish culture visible abroad, befor ...

(1854–1905) *

Robert Wilhelm Ekman Robert Wilhelm Ekman (August 13, 1808 – February 19, 1873), R. W. Ekman, was a significant teacher and painter of the Finnish romantic portraits and early national romanticism. Childhood and Arts Education Robert Ekman was born in Uusikaupun ...

(1808–1873), teacher and painter of the Finnish romantic portraits *

Samuel Elmgren Samuel Elmgren (1771–1834) was a Finnish painter. Elmgren was born in Turku. He was commissioned to primarily paint religious-themed murals and altarpieces for churches. Between 1830 and 1832 he painted the church of Ilomantsi with one hundred an ...

(1771–1834) *

Magnus Enckell Knut Magnus Enckell (9 November 1870 in Hamina – 27 November 1925 in Stockholm) was a Finnish symbolist painter. At first he painted with a subdued palette, but from 1902 onwards used increasingly bright colors. He was a leading member of the ...

(1870–1925) *

Cris af Enehielm Cristina Marianne (Cris) af Enehielm (born March 24, 1954, Helsinki) is a Finnish artist. Af Enehielm graduated as a visual artist from Fria konstskolan in Helsinki in 1977, and as an actress from the Theatre Academy in Helsinki in 1981. She is ...

(born 1954)

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Mauri Favén Professor Mauri Oskari Favén (26 August 1920 – 23 February 2006) was a Finnish painter. His uncle was the painter Antti Favén and his grandfather's brother was the painter Aukusti Uotila. Biography Favén was born in Tampere. In the 1940 ...

(1920–2006) *

Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg (21 November 1784 – 28 June 1833) was a Finnish painter. Biography Finnberg was born in Pargas to sailor Johan Finnberg and Sophia Stenroos. In 1800 he left for Turku to apprentice as a painter there, and in 1805 he gra ...

(1784–1833) *

Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle (23 October 1867 in Helsinki – 9 April 1946 in Porvoo) was a Finnish artist and writer. She is best known for paintings portraying intimate family life, and for portraits. Life Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle was born ...

(1867–1946) *

Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin Alexandra Theodora Frosterus-Såltin (6 December 1837, Ingå – 29 February 1916, Vaasa) was a Finnish-Swedish genre painter and illustrator, who is also known for her altarpieces. Biography Her father, Benjamin, was a theology professor and ...

(1837–1916)

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Lars Gallenius Lars Gallenius (circa 1658 Oulu – 25 March 1753 Jakobstad) was a Finnish painter. He was the first "free art person" in Finland. He received the bourgeois rights of the city of Oulu for painting in 1688. He primarily painted religious-themed mu ...

(1658–1753) *

Akseli Gallen-Kallela Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national ident ...

(1865–1931) *

Jorma Gallen-Kallela Jorma Gallen-Kallela (né Gallén) (22 November 1898, in Ruovesi – 1 December 1939) was a Finnish artist. He followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Biography He studied arts in Buenos Aires in 1915– ...

(1898–1939) *

Johan Georg Geitel Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), also Johann or Hans Jürgen Geitell, Geittel or Geittell, was a Finnish painter. Geital was born in Braunschweig, Germany, and later moved to Stockholm and then Finland. He primarily painted religious-themed pain ...

(1683–1771) *

Berndt Godenhjelm Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (March 30, 1799 - 14 December 1881) was a Finnish painter. Personal life Godenhjelm was born in Mäntyharju. His parents were the county surveyor Adolf Fredrik Godenhjelm and Maria Elizabeth Argillander. His wife was Alex ...

(1799–1881) * Emanuel Granberg (1754–1797) *

Alvar Gullichsen Alvar Gullichsen (born 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish painter and sculptor. He is most famous for his pop art works and the fictional corporation named Bonk Business which he founded. Gullichsen's works are often absurd machines with no ...

(born 1961)

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Pekka Halonen Pekka Halonen (23 September 1865 – 1 December 1933) was a painter of Finnish landscapes and people in the national romantic style. His favorite subjects were the Finnish landscape and its people which he depicted in his Realist style.Aimo Reita ...

(1865–1933) * Ilona Harima (1911–1986) * Johan Erik Hedberg (1767–1823) * Gustaf Erik Hedman (1777–1841) *

Jonas Heiska Jonas Heiska (13 October 1873, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta – 3 March 1937, Jyväskylä) was a Finnish Impressionist painter and graphic artist. Biography He was born to a farming family. As a child, he suffered from frequent serious illnesses ...

(1873–1937) *

Werner Holmberg Gustaf Werner Holmberg (1 November 1830 – 24 September 1860) was a Finnish landscape painter. Biography Early life Holmberg was born in Helsinki. His father was Olof Henrik Holmberg (1799–1863) and mother Josefina Gustava Federley (1806–1840 ...

(1830–1860)

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Edvard Isto Edvard Isto, or Eetu Isto (28 November 1865 – 14 October 1905) was a Finnish artist, best known for his patriotic painting '' The Attack'' which depicts the perceived Russification of Finland by the Russian Empire. The work was widely repr ...

(1865–1905)

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Fritz Jakobsson Fritz Jakobsson (born 8 January 1940 in Pori) is a painter living in Vaasa, Finland most known for his portraits. He started his career in 1967 and has since then had about 110 art exhibitions in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Italy. He has done o ...

(born 1940), portraitist *

Karl Emanuel Jansson Karl Emanuel Jansson (7 July 1846, in Finström – 1 June 1874, in Jomala) was a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-Finnish painter, primarily of Genre art, genre scenes. Biography His father was a farmer. He was first inspired to pu ...

(1846–1874) *

Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from ...

(1914–2001), Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, and comic strip author *

Eero Järnefelt Erik "Eero" Nikolai Järnefelt (8 November 1863 – 15 November 1937) was a Finnish painter and art professor. He is best known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park. He was a medal winner at the Paris ''Expositi ...

(1863–1937)

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Rudolf Koivu Rudolf Koivu (1890–1946) was a Finnish illustrator and painter, best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children, which are enduringly and timelessly popular. He was born in St. Petersburg. He illustrated stories by Zacharias Top ...

(1890–1946), painter best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children *

Väinö Kunnas Väinö Ilmari Kunnas (12 April 1896 Vyborg - 10 February 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish Expressionist painter. During his brief career, he went from Expressionism to experiment with more abstract modern styles. His major works consist of portra ...

(1896–1929) *

Sinikka Kurkinen Sinikka Mirjam Kurkinen (born 1935) is a Finnish painter. She studied in Helsinki and Paris. Kurkinen was born in Joutseno, South Karelia. She gave her first exhibitions in Imatra in 1955 and in Helsinki in 1958. Her works can be seen at Ateneum ...

(born 1935)

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Vilho Lampi Vilho Henrik Lampi (19 July 1898 – 17 March 1936) was a Finns, Finnish Painting, painter who is best known for his self-portraits and paintings of Liminka and the people who lived there. History Lampi was born in Oulu but lived in Liminka f ...

(1898–1936) * Claes Lang (1690–1761) * Aleksander Lauréus (1783–1823) * Kuutti Lavonen (born 1960) * Nikolai Lehto (1905–1994) *

Armas Lindgren Armas Eliel Lindgren (28 November 1874 – 3 October 1929) was Finnish architect, professor and painter. Biography Early life and career Armas Lindgren was born in Hämeenlinna on 28 November 1874. He studied architecture in the Polytechnical I ...

(1874–1929), architect, professor and painter *

Johan Erik Lindh Johan Erik Lindh (11 October 1793 – 21 January 1865) was a Swedish painter and a former decorative painter who moved to Finland. Biography Lindh was born in Roslagen, the son of a soldier, Erik Lindh, and his wife Maja Greta Lindh. He marrie ...

(1793–1865) *

Berndt Lindholm Berndt Adolf Lindholm (20 August 1841 – 15 May 1914) was a Finnish landscape painter ( belonging to Swedish speaking population of Finland ). He is usually associated with the Düsseldorf School, but his work also displays early Impressionist e ...

(1841–1914) * Erik Johan Löfgren (1825–1884) * Sirkka-Liisa Lonka (born 1943) * Gustaf Lucander (1724–1805) *

Amélie Lundahl Helga Amélie Lundahl (26 May 1850 – 20 August 1914) was a Finland, Finnish Painting, painter. Biography She was born in Oulu, the youngest of eleven children. Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham, a Town Repre ...

(1850–1914) * Leena Luostarinen (1949–2013)

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Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm Lovisa Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845) was a Finnish - Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble. Biography She was the daughter of Major Jacob Georgsson Malm (1735–1789) and Eleonora Lovisa von Köhnnigstedt (1745–1821). She married ...

(1768–1845), Finnish-Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble *

Totte Mannes Totte Mannes (born 1933 in Kajaani, Finland) is a visual artist whose oil paintings are on display in many museums and collections. She lives in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4&nbs ...

(born 1933) *

Jaakko Mattila Jaakko Antti Mattila (born 30 July 1976) is a Finnish abstract painter. Mattila was born in Oulu, and graduated from The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College in 2001. Since then his works have been displayed in Finland, the Unit ...

(born 1976) *

Bruno Maximus Bruno Maximus (born 1970 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is the pseudonym of an anonymous Finnish art painter. He calls his artistic style "hypnorealism", and says it is related to the style of Salvador Dali in his younger years, albeit without "masochis ...

(born 1970) *

Nándor Mikola Nándor Mikola (born Nándor Josef Mikolajcsik, ; 27 November 1911 – 3 May 2006) was a watercolor painter from Vaasa, Finland, but born in Budapest, Hungary. Following in the footsteps of his father Ignác Mikolajcik, Mikola started studying ...

(1911–2006), watercolor painter *

Timo K. Mukka Timo Kustaa Mukka (17 December 1944 – 27 March 1973) was a Finnish author who wrote about the lives of people in Lapland (Finland), Lapland. Early life Timo Mukka was born in Bollnäs in Sweden where his family had been evacuated to during the ...

(1944–1973) *

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm Magnus Hjalmar Munsterhjelm (19 October 1840 – 2 April 1905) was a Finnish landscape painter. Biography Munsterhjelm was born at Toivoniemi Manor of Tuulos, Finland. He was the son of Gustaf Riggert Munsterhjelm (1806-1872) and his wife and M ...

(1840–1905) *

Helvi Mustonen Helvi Mustonen (born 1 July 1947 in Kemi), is a Finnish artist and a painter. Mustonen's works of art are mainly paintings, but she also creates sculptures in bronze. Helvi Mustonen's art has typically very strong and emotional themes and strong ...

(born 1947) * Abraham Myra (1639–1684) * Lars Myra (died 1712) * Didrik Möllerum (1642–1702)

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* Jochim Neiman (1600–1673) * Eero Nelimarkka (1891–1977) * Johannes Nevala (born 1966)

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* Yrjö Ollila (1887–1932) * Paul Osipow (born 1939)

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Kalervo Palsa Huugo Kalervo Palsa, known as Kalle (12 March 1947 – 3 October 1987), was a Finnish artist whose style has been described as fantastic realism. Although his work did not draw significant attention in his lifetime, Kalervo Palsa has experienced ...

(1947–1987)

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* Mathilda Rotkirch (1813–1842) *

Jalmari Ruokokoski Joel Jalmari Ruokokoski, known as Jali (1886-1936) was a Finnish Expressionism, Expressionist painter. Although most of his works were landscapes and still-lifes, he is probably best known for a series of portraits (including numerous self-portrai ...

(1886–1936)

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* Yrjö Saarinen (1899–1958) *

Tyko Sallinen Tyko Konstantin Sallinen (March 14, 1879 in Nurmes – September 18, 1955 in Helsinki) was a Finnish expressionism style painter. In late 1916 Sallinen became a founder member of the November Group, which was a Finnish group of expressionists and ...

(1879–1955) *

Santeri Salokivi Toivo Santeri Salokivi – ''Johansson'' until 1900 – (2 September 1886, Turku – 26 March 1940, Helsinki), was a Finnish painter and graphic artist. Biography Salokivi studied at the between 1900–1904 and thereafter in Munich and Paris. H ...

(1886–1940) *

Reidar Särestöniemi Reidar Särestöniemi (14 May 1925, Kittilä – 27 May 1981, Kittilä) was a Finnish painter from Finnish Lapland. He is considered one of the greatest Finland-Lappish artists in the entire history of Finland. Särestöniemi was born as the youn ...

(1925–1981), painter from

Lapland Lapland may refer to: Places *Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia) **Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region *** Lapland (former pr ...

* Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979) * Nils Schillmark (1745–1804) *

Helene Schjerfbeck Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (; July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) was a Finnish painter. A modernist painter, she is known for her realist works and self-portraits, and also for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life, he ...

(1862–1946) *

Hugo Simberg Hugo Gerhard Simberg (24 June 1873 – 12 July 1917) was a Finnish symbolist painter and graphic artist. Life and career Simberg was born on 24 June 1873, at Hamina (in the original Swedish: ''Fredrikshamn''), Finland, the son of Colonel Nicol ...

(1873–1917) *

Anita Snellman Sini Anita Kyllikki Snellman (4 September 1924 – 24 February 2006) was a Finnish painter. Biography Snellman was born in Helsinki on 4 September 1924. She studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Helsinki, the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art ...

(1924–2006) * Eero Snellman (1890–1951) *

Venny Soldan-Brofeldt Wendla Irene Soldan-Brofeldt, known as Venny (2 November 1863, Helsinki – 10 October 1945, Lohja) was a Finnish painter, illustrator, graphic artist, wood sculptor and jewelry designer. She belonged to the Swedish speaking population of Finland ...

(1863–1945) *

Kaj Stenvall Kaj Kristian Stenvall (born 25 December 1951 in Tampere) is a Finnish artist who became internationally famous when he began his career in 1989 for painting what his site describes as "a very familiar looking duck." Many have likened this duck to ...

(born 1951) *

Johan Stålbom Johan Stålbom (1712 – 17 November 1777) was a Swedish painter. Stålbom was born at the former town of Karis (now Raseborg), Finland. He studied from 1733 with the painters Johan Pasch and Lorens Pasch the Elder in Stockholm. From the 17 ...

(1712–1777) *

Léopold Survage Léopold Frédéric Léopoldowitsch Survage (31 July 1879 – 31 October 1968) was a French painter of Finnish origin. Trained in Moscow, he identified with the Russian avant-garde before moving to Paris, where he shared a studio with Amedeo Modi ...

(1879–1968), painter of Russian-Danish-Finnish descent * Gabriel Gotthard Sweidel (1744–1813)

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Marjatta Tapiola Marjatta Tapiola (born 30 April 1951, Sysmä, Finland) is a Finnish painter. Early life and education Marjatta Tapiola was born in 1951 in Sysmä which is a rural area in Finland. Her father Olli Tapiola was a farmer and her mother Kerttu Tapiol ...

(born 1951) * Emanuel Thelning (1767–1831) * Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954) *

Verner Thomé Verner Thomé (4 July 1878 – 1 June 1953) was a Finnish post-impressionist graphic artist. He was influenced by Vitalism a German-Scandinavian movement that incorporated Nietzsche's philosophy. Life Thomé was born on 4 July 1878 in Alajärv ...

(1878–1953) *

Mikael Toppelius Mikael Toppelius (10 August 1734, Oulu – 27 December 1821, Oulu) was a Finnish church painter; the last significant representative of the Ostrobothnian church painting tradition. His grandson was the well-known writer, Zachris Topelius. Bio ...

(1734–1821) * Veikko Törmänen (born 1945)

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Sam Vanni Sam Vanni (till 1941 Samuel Besprosvanni; 6 July 1908 – 20 October 1992) was a Finnish painter. He is considered to be the pioneer of abstract art in Finland.Isak Wacklin (1720–1758) * Dora Wahlroos (1870–1947) *

Martta Wendelin Martta Maria Wendelin (23 November 1893 in Kymi — 1 March 1986 in Tuusula Tuusula (; sv, Tusby ) is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and is by fa ...

(1893–1986) *

Victor Westerholm Victor Axel Westerholm (4 January 1860 Turku – 19 November 1919 Turku) was a Finland, Finnish landscape painter, especially known for founding the Önningeby artists' colony. Biography Victor Axel Westerholm was born in Turku in 1860. He was t ...

(1860–1919) * Erik Westzynthius the Elder (1711–1757) * Erik Westzynthius the Younger (1743–1787) * Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa (1870–1946), artist and amateur egyptologist * Maria Wiik (1853–1928) *

Ferdinand von Wright Ferdinand von Wright (19 March 1822, Haminalahti, near Kuopio - 31 July 1906, Kuopio) was a Finnish painter (belonging to Swedish-speaking population of Finland) - He is best known for his landscapes and animal paintings, especially his detailed d ...

(1822–1906) *

Magnus von Wright Magnus von Wright (13 June 1805 – 5 July 1868) was a Swedish-Finnish painter and educator. In addition to bird illustrations, he was also known for his landscapes. Biography Magnus von Wright was born at the village of Haminalahti in Kuo ...

(1805–1868), painter and

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Wilhelm von Wright Wilhelm von Wright (5 April 1810 – 2 July 1887) was a Swedish-Finnish painter and amateur naturalist. Biography Wilhelm von Wright was born at the village of Haminalahti in Kuopio, Finland. His ancestors included Scottish merchants who ...

(1810–1887) * Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (born 1949)

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* Articles on the painters at Finnish Wikipedia {{European painters

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