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Önningeby Artists' Colony
The Önningeby artists' colony () was founded in 1886 by Victor Westerholm, a Finnish landscape painter, who had a summer house in the village of Önningeby in Åland in the Baltic Sea. It attracted Finnish and Swedish artists who gathered in the summer to paint landscapes ''en plein air'' rather than in their studios. Many of the participating artists were women. In total over 30 artists participated in the colony. Background In the 1870s, European artists began to develop an interest in painting outdoors rather than in their studios. Formal approaches to landscape painting gave way to more realistic or naturalistic depictions, often reflecting the effects of changing light. Throughout Europe, artists began to gather each summer in villages where they could work together in pleasant surroundings. Artists from across Scandinavia met above all in Skagen in the north of Denmark from the early 1880s, forming a group which became known as the Skagen Painters. In the mid-1880s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elin Danielson
Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (; 3 September 1861 – 31 December 1919) was a Finnish painter, best known for her realist works and portraits. Danielson-Gambogi was part of the first generation of Finnish women artists who received professional education in art, the so-called "painter sisters' generation". The group also included Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), Helena Westermarck (1857-1938), and Maria Wiik (1853-1928). Biography Early life and studies Elin Danielson was born in the small village of Noormarkku, near the city of Pori in Western Finland. She was the first-born child of Karl Danielson and Rosa Amalia Danielson, who both came from families of officers and officials, a middle-class background. Her early years were spent on a family farm, Ala-Sihtola in Ilmajoki. Because of the Finnish famine of 1866–68, the farm failed and Karl Danielson went bankrupt. After being forced to sell the farm, her father committed suicide. Her mother, Rosa, returned to Noormarkku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Representative (public prosecutor) died when she was eight. From 1860 to 1862, she attended the "Svenska Privatskolan" in Oulu. From 1872 to 1876 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, with a brief stay at the School of Art and Design in Stockholm, which was made possible by a travel grant. Another travel grant enabled her to go to Paris, where she studied at the Académie Julian with Tony Robert-Fleury, among others, from 1877 to 1881. She stayed there for twelve years altogether, and Brittany became her favorite location for painting. After returning to Finland in 1889, she and Victor Westerholm helped to found the "Önningeby artists colony, Önningebykolonin", an art colony in the village of Önningeby in Åland. She di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Favorin
Elsa "Ellen" Favorin (31 December 1853 Kuorevesi – 27 November 1919 Lohja) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish painter. Biography Her parents were Anders Abraham Favorin and Lovisa Ingman. After attending the painting schools in Helsinki and Stockholm, she continued her studies in Munich, Düsseldorf and at the Académie Julien in Paris. She often painted landscapes and was one of the artists who joined Victor Westerholm in the artists' colony at Önningeby on the island of Åland. She died together with her sister in a fire at their home in Lohja Lohja (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Lohja is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Lohja is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, munici ... in 1919. Works References External links 1853 births 1919 deaths People from Inari, Finland Swedish-speaking Finns 19th-century Finnish painters 19th-century Finnish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvard Westman
Gustav Edvard Westman (16 May 1865 – 23 September 1917) was a Sweden, Swedish painter, known for his works in the en plein air, plein air style. Biography Edvard Westman was born in Gävle, Sweden, but spent most of his childhood in Stockholm. He was the son of Johan Ludwig Westman and Emma Elisabeth Holmström. His brother Ernst Ludvig Westman (1863–1949) was also an artist. After first attending the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Swedish Academy in Stockholm from 1882 to 1883, he was then a student with artist Oscar Törnå (c. 1842–1894) at his studio. He continued his studies in the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Academy from 1883 to 1885 under Heinrich Lauenstein, followed by a period in Paris and Belgium. After his studies in Paris, he became a member of the artists colonies in Skagen painters, Skagen, Denmark, and Önningeby artists colony, Önningeby on the island of Åland in the late 19th century. He spent several years in Turku, Finland, frequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
