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Albert Edelfelt

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt was a Finnish 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, before Finland gained independence. He was considered the greatest Finnish artist of the second half of 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, and one of the most prominent contributors to the Go…

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culture · Finnish painter (1854–1905) · painter · illustrator · graphic artist · also Albert Edelfelt, edelfeldt, Edelfelt, a. edelfelt, albert edelfelt, edelfeld

Born 21 July 1854 · Died 18 August 1905 · Q356644

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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1901).
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Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class (1896).
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2026· 1 entry

Apr 5, 2026Documented record69% confidence

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2025· 1 entry

Feb 21, 2025Documented record69% confidence

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Boys Playing on the Shore (1884) was selected by Nordic Moneta as Finland's most significant painting

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1905· 1 entry

Aug 18, 1905Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1905-08-18.

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1901· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1901Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1901).

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1898· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1898Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: chairperson (1898–1904).

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1896· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1896Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class (1896).

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1896Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Returned to Russia to make a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II

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1895· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1895Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: chairperson (1895–1896).

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1894· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1894Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Polar Star (1894).

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1892· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1892Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1892).

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1889· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1889Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1889).

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1888· 1 entry

1888Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And the same year they had one child, Erik

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1886· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1886Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1886).

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1885· 1 entry

1885Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Had a great success at the Paris Salon of 1886 and became one of the most familiar images of the scientist

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1883· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1883Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class (1883).

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1881· 2 entries

1881Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Visited Saint Petersburg, where previous the Imperial Academy of Arts had awarded him an honorary membership in 1878

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1881Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And rented a new studio at 147, avenue des Villiers

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1880· 2 entries

1880Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Edelfelt became a friend of Jean-Baptiste Pasteur, the son of the famous chemist Louis Pasteur, who introduced him to Pasteur the following year

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1880Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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His family purchased a summer house at the coastal manor of Haikko, located in the southwest part of the country, and he established a studio there in 1883

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1879· 1 entry

1879Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Had his first success at the Paris Salon, with a history painting entitled The Burnt Village - a scene from the Finnish peasant revolt of 1596

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1878· 1 entry

1878Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Citing the Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz

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1876· 1 entry

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Taking a studio at 81 boulevard du Montparnasse

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1874· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1874Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris (1874).

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1869· 1 entry

1869Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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At the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Society in Helsinki and continued as a student of Adolf von Becker (1871–73)

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1854· 1 entry

Jul 21, 1854Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1854-07-21.

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