Finnish-Swedish artist Venny Soldan (1863-1945) was well traveled and studied in St. Petersburg as well as Paris. She married a poet and created a number of remarkable and endearing portraits of her two sons, Heikki and Antti.
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Arts Everyday Living: A Parisian Woman—Spring Flowers & the Joy of Living
I’ll be on vacation for the next week. Enjoy this portrayal of a Parisian by Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905).
Arts Everyday Living: Through a Finnish Artist’s Eyes—Looking Inside
Hugo Simberg (1873-1917) was one of the leading Finnish artists of his generation, dying the year his country achieved independence.
Arts Everyday Living: Through a Woman’s Eyes–New Perspectives in Art Monday
Click on the work of art to enlarge or enhance it. CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH THROUGH A WOMAN’S EYES: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN ART TOMORROW Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861-1919) was a Finnish artist who created works not only in her native country but in France and Italy as well. COMING MONDAY MARY AND LYDIA CASSATT: […]
