Weather's getting colder. Perhaps it is time to switch to tea. Too many built-in calories in hot chocolate...
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Time for More Hot Chocolate
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist Painter, 1841-1919) The Cup of Chocolate 1878
Weather's getting colder. Perhaps it is time to switch to tea. Too many built-in calories in hot chocolate...
Weather's getting colder. Perhaps it is time to switch to tea. Too many built-in calories in hot chocolate...
Social Life in Jean-Louis Forain's Paris 1852-1931
Well, except for the costumes, today's social season seems to share many characteristics with the social season in the France of Jean-Louis Forain, Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist, & etcher. Born in Reims, his family moved to Paris, when he was 8. He worked as a caricaturist for several Paris journals including Le Monde Parisien & Le rire satirique. He then enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts, studying under Jean-Léon Gérôme as well as Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
He was the youngest artist to participate in the feverish debates led by Édouard Manet & Edgar Degas at the Café de la Nouvelle Athènes. A follower & protégé of Degas, Forain joined the Impressionist circle in time to take part in the 4th independent exhibition in 1879; and he participated in 3 of the 4 landmark shows 1879-1884. His paintings focused on Parisian popular entertainments - the racetrack, the ballet, the comic opera, public gardens, & bustling cafés.
In 1891, Forain married the painter Jeanne Bosc with whom he had a son, Jean-Loup in 1895. In his later years, Forain created numerous scenes of the Law Courts plus other social satire caricatures on French life. In 1931, shortly before his death, he was made a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Finnish Artist Eero Erik Nikolai Jarnefelt 1863-1937
Eero Erik Nikolai Järnefelt (1863-1937) was a Finnish realist painter. Eero Järnefelt was born in Viipuri, Finland. His father was August Aleksander Järnefelt, an officer in the Russian army, & his mother was Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg). He studied at the St. Petersburg art academy between 1883 & 1885, the same school at which Albert Edelfelt had studied. Jarnefelt painted portraits & genre paintings.
Finnish Artist Eva Cederstrom 1905-1995 Paints Herself & the Countryside
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Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995)
Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995) Näkymä esplanadilta bulevardille 1966
Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995)
Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995)
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Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995)
Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995) Näkymä esplanadilta bulevardille 1966
Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995)
Eva Cederstrom (Finnish artist, 1909-1995).
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Australian Artist Hugh Ramsay 1877-1906
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Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Woman in White 1902
Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906) was born at Glasgow, Scotland, 6th son of John Ramsay, die-sinker & engraver, & his wife Margaret, née Thomson. In 1878, the family migrated to Melbourne. The Ramsays raised their 9 children piously at the substantial family home, Clydebank, Essendon. Hugh attended Essendon Grammar School. Gifted in both art & music, he was organist & choirmaster at the Congregational Church, Ascot Vale.
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Nellie Patterson
In 1894, he entered the National Gallery schools under Bernard Hall & Frederick McCubbin. Hall's teaching steeped Ramsay in the tonal tradition of Velasquez & stimulated his interest in the portraiture of Whistler & Manet. In 1897, he briefly attended classes with E. Phillips Fox & T. St G. Tucker at Charterisville, Heidelberg. Ramsay was a diligent student with a natural facility; his prize-winning was impressive, but he failed to gain the traveling scholarship in 1896 & 1899. Tall, slim & dark, Ramsay was remembered as modest & sensitive with a keen wit & a critical eye. He was close to his family &, of his large output from ten years of active work, they are often his subjects.
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Ambrose Patterson
Determined to study in Europe, he sailed in September 1900, meeting on board George & Amy Lambert. In Paris, he shared James MacDonald's studio, a dilapidated building at Montparnasse which housed other artists including Ambrose Patterson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, & Frederick Freiseke. The Lamberts lived nearby. Both Ramsay & Lambert studied at the Académie Colarossi. Ramsay's visits to the Louvre to study Velasquez & the Old Masters improved his work. He reportedly painted from dawn till late at night & his influence on Patterson & Lambert became evident.
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Nellie Melba
In April 1902, Ramsay won international acclaim when four of five paintings submitted to the New Salon were accepted & grouped together, an honour normally extended only to members of the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts. Ramsay seemed on the brink of success but within weeks of his arrival his doctor diagnosed tuberculosis, caused by the overwork & poor living conditions during 2 winters in Paris. An immediate return to Australia was prescribed.
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Jeanne
Melba returned to Australia soon after Ramsay. She held an exhibition of his works at her Toorak house, Myoora, in December 1902, & commissioned him to paint her father & niece. In Australia, Ramsay was appointed to the judging panel for the gallery school's annual student exhibition & to the Victorian Artists' Society's selection committee.
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Lady in Blue
Despite medical orders to rest, Ramsay continued to work, painting with a new vigour & breadth of style derived from his recent admiration for Sargent, producing large-scale canvases exhibited at the V.A.S. in 1903 & 1904. In 1904, he was forced to end his 5-year engagement to Lischen Muller & to rest in the country at Barnawatha. He died at Clydebank in March 1906, at the age of 28.
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), The Sisters
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Portrait of a Young Girl
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Madge 1902
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Self Portrait 1902
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Seated Figure
Hugh Ramsay (Australian artist, 1877-1906), Self Portrait
Much of the biography from the Australian Dictionary of Biography essay by Patricia Fullerton.
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Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906) was born at Glasgow, Scotland, 6th son of John Ramsay, die-sinker & engraver, & his wife Margaret, née Thomson. In 1878, the family migrated to Melbourne. The Ramsays raised their 9 children piously at the substantial family home, Clydebank, Essendon. Hugh attended Essendon Grammar School. Gifted in both art & music, he was organist & choirmaster at the Congregational Church, Ascot Vale.
In 1894, he entered the National Gallery schools under Bernard Hall & Frederick McCubbin. Hall's teaching steeped Ramsay in the tonal tradition of Velasquez & stimulated his interest in the portraiture of Whistler & Manet. In 1897, he briefly attended classes with E. Phillips Fox & T. St G. Tucker at Charterisville, Heidelberg. Ramsay was a diligent student with a natural facility; his prize-winning was impressive, but he failed to gain the traveling scholarship in 1896 & 1899. Tall, slim & dark, Ramsay was remembered as modest & sensitive with a keen wit & a critical eye. He was close to his family &, of his large output from ten years of active work, they are often his subjects.
Determined to study in Europe, he sailed in September 1900, meeting on board George & Amy Lambert. In Paris, he shared James MacDonald's studio, a dilapidated building at Montparnasse which housed other artists including Ambrose Patterson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, & Frederick Freiseke. The Lamberts lived nearby. Both Ramsay & Lambert studied at the Académie Colarossi. Ramsay's visits to the Louvre to study Velasquez & the Old Masters improved his work. He reportedly painted from dawn till late at night & his influence on Patterson & Lambert became evident.
In April 1902, Ramsay won international acclaim when four of five paintings submitted to the New Salon were accepted & grouped together, an honour normally extended only to members of the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts. Ramsay seemed on the brink of success but within weeks of his arrival his doctor diagnosed tuberculosis, caused by the overwork & poor living conditions during 2 winters in Paris. An immediate return to Australia was prescribed.
Melba returned to Australia soon after Ramsay. She held an exhibition of his works at her Toorak house, Myoora, in December 1902, & commissioned him to paint her father & niece. In Australia, Ramsay was appointed to the judging panel for the gallery school's annual student exhibition & to the Victorian Artists' Society's selection committee.
Despite medical orders to rest, Ramsay continued to work, painting with a new vigour & breadth of style derived from his recent admiration for Sargent, producing large-scale canvases exhibited at the V.A.S. in 1903 & 1904. In 1904, he was forced to end his 5-year engagement to Lischen Muller & to rest in the country at Barnawatha. He died at Clydebank in March 1906, at the age of 28.
Much of the biography from the Australian Dictionary of Biography essay by Patricia Fullerton.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Staying Indoors with Henry Golden Dearth (1864-1918)
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Henry Golden Dearth (1864-1918) The Blue Coat 1912
Woman Artist - Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946)
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The Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) painted mainly works depicting herself, other women, children, & the home. Born in Helsinki, she began her training at the Finnish Fine Art Association's Drawing School as a precocious 11-year-old.
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1880s Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Picking Bluebells
Periods of study in Paris during the 1880s gave her the chance to see the works of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), & Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884). During the decade, she also traveled to Florence, St Petersburg, Vienna, & Great Britain. At the Paris Exhibition of 1889, the 27-year old artist was awarded a bronze medal for her painting ‘Le Convalescent’, which shows Impressionist influence.
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1884 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Naisprofiili
A Finnish grant had first allowed her to travel to Paris in 1880. There she studied with Léon Bonnat & Jean-Léon Gérôme at Madame Trélat de Vigny's painting studio for ladies. In 1881, she went to the private Académie Colarossi, where she was taught by Raphael Colin (1850-1916) & Gustave Courtois (1852-1924), who called her "une de mes meilleures élèves" in a letter of recommendation characterizing her as "très laborieuse" & as one of the most talented students, "certainement une des mieux douées." Until 1890, she returned frequently to Paris; & in 1884, she had her own studio there, which she longed for again as she aged.
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1900 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl Reading
Between 1881 & 1884, she journeyed to Pont-Aven & Concarneau in Brittany with fellow female painters Marianne Preindelsberger (1855-1927) & Maria Wiik (1853-1928). Pont-Aven had attracted artists as early as the 1860s. The 3 Finnish women artists were there before Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), who arrived in Brittany in July 1886. It became a trendy venue for plein air painters from the late 1880s through early 1890s. In Brittany, Schjerfbeck met an English artist, to whom she was briefly engaged. But when the relationship ended, she traveled to St. Ives in Cornwall.
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1903 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) At Home Mother Sewing
In the 1890s she simplified her style, eliminating background detail and reducing her palette. These stylistic changes are seen in many of the portraits she painted of herself, her mother, and others.Schjerfbeck’s work shows a highly individual development, transforming gradually from melancholy, late 19th-century academic Realism to her own very personal style tending towards abstract Expressionism displaying perfectly balanced colors.
++The+Seamstress+(The+Working+Woman),+1905+(2).jpg)
1905 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Seamstress (The Working Woman)
From about 1902 her delicate health began to deteriorate (although she lived into her 80s); and she adopted a solitary life living with her mother at Hyvinkaa, almost forgotten, developing a much more simplified style. During this early period alone, her work was dominated by domestic scenes, featuring women and children engaged in reading or embroidery.
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1907 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Elämänpuun Tyttö
As details gradually disappeared from her paintings, they gained increasing depth, approaching an abstract technique which was far ahead of her time.
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1907 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Stilhet
After this interval of semi-obscurity, Schjerfbeck made a second breakthrough in 1917 with her first solo exhibition, mounted by the art dealer Gösta Stenman in Helsinki. Besides early works, it included recent paintings which, like works of earlier artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, were apparently inspired by Japanese masters.
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1907 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Old Woman
After her work was exhibited in 1937, she was recognized as one of the pioneers of modernism in Finland.
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1908 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Seated Woman in White Dress
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1909 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Maria
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Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946)
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1915 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) ) The Family Heirloom
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1916 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Singer in Black
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1916 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Circus Girl
++The+Gipsy+Woman,+1919.jpg)
1919 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Gipsy Woman
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1920 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Dreams
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1925 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Blond Woman
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1926 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) ) The Fortune-Teller (Woman in Yellow Dress)
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1927 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Rosy-Cheeked Girl
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1927 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Seamstress (The Working Woman), half-length portrait
+)+Girl+from+Eydtkuhnen+II.jpg)
1927 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) ) Girl from Eydtkuhnen II
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1928 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Omenatytto
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1929 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl From the Islands
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1933 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Teacher
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1933 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Göta
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1934 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl from California
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1939 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Forty Year Old
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1941 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl from Loviisa
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1942 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Friends
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1943 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Nurse I (Kaija Lahtinen)
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1944 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Portrait of a Girl in Blue and Brown (Inez)
See additional postings on Helen Schjerfbeck here.
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The Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) painted mainly works depicting herself, other women, children, & the home. Born in Helsinki, she began her training at the Finnish Fine Art Association's Drawing School as a precocious 11-year-old.
+Picking+Bluebells.jpg)
1880s Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Picking BluebellsPeriods of study in Paris during the 1880s gave her the chance to see the works of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), & Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884). During the decade, she also traveled to Florence, St Petersburg, Vienna, & Great Britain. At the Paris Exhibition of 1889, the 27-year old artist was awarded a bronze medal for her painting ‘Le Convalescent’, which shows Impressionist influence.
+Naisprofiili,+1884.jpg)
1884 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) NaisprofiiliA Finnish grant had first allowed her to travel to Paris in 1880. There she studied with Léon Bonnat & Jean-Léon Gérôme at Madame Trélat de Vigny's painting studio for ladies. In 1881, she went to the private Académie Colarossi, where she was taught by Raphael Colin (1850-1916) & Gustave Courtois (1852-1924), who called her "une de mes meilleures élèves" in a letter of recommendation characterizing her as "très laborieuse" & as one of the most talented students, "certainement une des mieux douées." Until 1890, she returned frequently to Paris; & in 1884, she had her own studio there, which she longed for again as she aged.
+Gir+Reading++(3).jpg)
1900 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl ReadingBetween 1881 & 1884, she journeyed to Pont-Aven & Concarneau in Brittany with fellow female painters Marianne Preindelsberger (1855-1927) & Maria Wiik (1853-1928). Pont-Aven had attracted artists as early as the 1860s. The 3 Finnish women artists were there before Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), who arrived in Brittany in July 1886. It became a trendy venue for plein air painters from the late 1880s through early 1890s. In Brittany, Schjerfbeck met an English artist, to whom she was briefly engaged. But when the relationship ended, she traveled to St. Ives in Cornwall.
++At+Home+Mother+Sewing.jpg)
1903 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) At Home Mother SewingIn the 1890s she simplified her style, eliminating background detail and reducing her palette. These stylistic changes are seen in many of the portraits she painted of herself, her mother, and others.Schjerfbeck’s work shows a highly individual development, transforming gradually from melancholy, late 19th-century academic Realism to her own very personal style tending towards abstract Expressionism displaying perfectly balanced colors.
++The+Seamstress+(The+Working+Woman),+1905+(2).jpg)
1905 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Seamstress (The Working Woman)From about 1902 her delicate health began to deteriorate (although she lived into her 80s); and she adopted a solitary life living with her mother at Hyvinkaa, almost forgotten, developing a much more simplified style. During this early period alone, her work was dominated by domestic scenes, featuring women and children engaged in reading or embroidery.
++El%C3%A4m%C3%A4npuun+tytt%C3%B6.jpg)
1907 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Elämänpuun TyttöAs details gradually disappeared from her paintings, they gained increasing depth, approaching an abstract technique which was far ahead of her time.
++Stilhet+1907.jpg)
1907 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) StilhetAfter this interval of semi-obscurity, Schjerfbeck made a second breakthrough in 1917 with her first solo exhibition, mounted by the art dealer Gösta Stenman in Helsinki. Besides early works, it included recent paintings which, like works of earlier artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, were apparently inspired by Japanese masters.
+Old+Woman+(Granny),+1907.jpg)
1907 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Old WomanAfter her work was exhibited in 1937, she was recognized as one of the pioneers of modernism in Finland.
+Seated+Woman+in+White+Dress,+1908.jpg)
1908 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Seated Woman in White Dress++Maria+1909.jpg)
1909 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Maria+(3).jpg)
Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946)+)+The+Family+Heirloom.jpg)
1915 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) ) The Family Heirloom++Singer+in+Black.jpg)
1916 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Singer in Black+Circus+Girl+1916.jpg)
1916 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Circus Girl++The+Gipsy+Woman,+1919.jpg)
1919 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Gipsy Woman+Dreams+1920.jpg)
1920 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Dreams+Blond+Woman+1925.jpg)
1925 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Blond Woman+)+The+Fortune-Teller+(Woman+in+Yellow+Dress),+1926.jpg)
1926 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) ) The Fortune-Teller (Woman in Yellow Dress)++Rosy+Cheeked+Girl+1927.jpg)
1927 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Rosy-Cheeked Girl++The+Seamstress+(The+Working+Woman),+half-length+portrait,+1927.jpg)
1927 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Seamstress (The Working Woman), half-length portrait+)+Girl+from+Eydtkuhnen+II.jpg)
1927 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) ) Girl from Eydtkuhnen II++Omenatytto.jpg)
1928 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Omenatytto++Girl+From+the+Islands..jpg)
1929 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl From the Islands++The+Teacher,+1933.jpg)
1933 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) The Teacher+G%C3%B6ta+1933.jpg)
1933 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Göta++Girl+from+California.jpg)
1934 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl from California++Forty+Year+Old,+1939.jpg)
1939 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Forty Year Old++Girl+from+Loviisa+1941-2.jpg)
1941 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Girl from Loviisa++Friends.jpg)
1942 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Friends++Nurse+I+(Kaija+Lahtinen),+1943.jpg)
1943 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Nurse I (Kaija Lahtinen)++Portrait+of+a+Girl+in+Blue+and+Brown+(Inez),+1944.jpg)
1944 Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Portrait of a Girl in Blue and Brown (Inez)See additional postings on Helen Schjerfbeck here.
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