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Helene Schjerfbeck

1862 - 1946

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Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (pronounced [heˈleːn ˈʃæ̌rvbek] ; July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) was a Finnish modernist painter known for her realist works and self-portraits, and also for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life her work changed dramatically, beginning with French-influenced realism and plein air painting. It gradually evolved towards portraits and still life paintings. At the beginning of her career she often produced historical paintings, such as the Wounded Warrior in the Snow (1880), At the Door of Linköping Jail in 1600 (1882) and The Death of Wilhelm von Schwerin (1886). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helene Schjerfbeck is the 308th most popular painter (down from 191st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Finland (down from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Painter.

Helene Schjerfbeck is most famous for her paintings of working-class women and children.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 308 out of 2,023. Before her are Willem Claesz. Heda, Gerard David, Ludovico Carracci, Joachim Patinir, Pieter Claesz, and Jan Brueghel the Younger. After her are Marie Bashkirtseff, Karel van Mander, Lorenzo Costa, František Kupka, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, and Daniele da Volterra.

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Among people born in 1862, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 19. Before her are Joseph Merrick, Niko Pirosmani, Pyotr Stolypin, Victoria of Baden, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, and Emilio Salgari. After her are Nikolai Yudenich, Louis Barthou, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Henri Pirenne, J. Bruce Ismay, and Siegbert Tarrasch. Among people deceased in 1946, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 40. Before her are Wilhelm Marx, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Empress Wanrong, Felix Hoffmann, Henry Morgenthau Sr., and Milan Nedić. After her are Vojtech Tuka, Ernest Thompson Seton, Ignacy Mościcki, Friedrich Jeckeln, Döme Sztójay, and Francisco Largo Caballero.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 27 out of 751. Before her are Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Mikael Agricola (1510), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Arto Paasilinna (1942), and Kyösti Kallio (1873). After her are Linus Torvalds (1969), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), George Gaynes (1917), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), and Mika Häkkinen (1968).

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Among PAINTERS In Finland

Among painters born in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 2. Before her are Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865). After her are Albert Edelfelt (1854), Hugo Simberg (1873), Tom of Finland (1920), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Ellen Thesleff (1869), Magnus Enckell (1870), Pekka Halonen (1865), Fanny Churberg (1845), and Helena Westermarck (1857).

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