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Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck 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 histo…

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culture · Finnish painter (1862–1946) · painter · exlibrist · also Helene Schjerfbeck, Helena Schjerfbeck, H. S. Schjerfbeck, H. Schjerfbeck, Helene Scherfbeck, Helene Sofia Schjerfbeck

Born 10 July 1862 · Died 23 January 1946 · Q236985

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1992· 1 entry

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The National Academy of Design in Manhattan held an exhibition of Schjerfbeck's work

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1946· 2 entries

Jan 23, 1946Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1946-01-23.

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Jan 23, 1946Documented record66% confidence

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And was buried at the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki

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1942· 1 entry

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On the occasion of Schjerfbeck's 80th birthday, Stenman organised a major tribute exhibition in Stockholm

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1939· 1 entry

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Had to be cancelled owing to the outbreak of war

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1937· 1 entry

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Stenman organised another solo exhibition for her in Stockholm, and in 1938 he began paying her a monthly stipend

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1923· 1 entry

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Schjerfbeck settled in the coastal town of Ekenäs, where she remained for much of the following decade

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1917· 1 entry

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Stenman organised her first solo exhibition

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1914· 1 entry

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Stockholm in 1916 and St Petersburg in 1917

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1913· 1 entry

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Schjerfbeck was sought out by the art dealer Gösta Stenman, who became convinced of her work's quality and set about making her better known

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1901· 1 entry

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Became too ill to teach and in 1902 she resigned from her post

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1887· 1 entry

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Travelled to St Ives, Cornwall, in Britain

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1885· 1 entry

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When a problem with Schjerfbeck's hip led the groom's family to suspect tuberculosis

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1882· 1 entry

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In 1884 she was back in Paris at the Académie Colarossi with Westermarck, but this time they were working there

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1881· 1 entry

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Moved to the Académie Colarossi, where she studied once again with Westermarck

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1880· 1 entry

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Set off to Paris after receiving a travel grant from the Imperial Russian Senate

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1879· 1 entry

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At the age of 17, Schjerfbeck won third prize in a competition organised by the Finnish Art Society, and in 1880 her work was displayed in an annual Finnish Art Society exhibition

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1876· 1 entry

Feb 2, 1876Documented record70% confidence

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Schjerfbeck's mother took in boarders so that they could get by

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1873· 1 entry

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Was enrolled at the Finnish Art Society School of Drawing

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1866· 1 entry

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Aged 4, she fell down some stairs injuring her hip, which prevented her from attending school and left her with a limp for the rest of her life

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1862· 2 entries

Jul 10, 1862Documented record70% confidence

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In Helsinki, in the autonomous Grand-Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire, to Svante Schjerfbeck (an office manager at the railway's mechanical workshop) and Olga Johanna (née Printz)

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Jul 10, 1862Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1862-07-10.

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