Anita Snellman
Sini Anita Kyllikki Snellman (born September 4, 1924 , † February 24, 2006 ) was a Finnish painter .
Life
Anita Snellman studied art in Helsinki , Stockholm and Paris .
After a long stay in Paris, she moved to Ibiza , where she bought an old finca in the east of the island at the end of the 1960s . The majority of her later oil paintings were created there, which are mainly inspired by the people, the landscape and the fauna of Ibiza.
As a painter, Snellman made an international career from the 1960s. Much of her work is exhibited in the most important museums in Finland. In 1986 she received a professorship for painting in Finland .
After her death in February 2006, she was buried in an honorary grave at the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.
Honors
- 1976 elected member of the Pro Finlandia order
Web links
literature
- Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse (Ed.): Anita Snellman 1924-2006. Anita Snellmanin säätiö, Helsinki 2014, ISBN 978-952-93-3719-4
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Snellman, Anita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Snellman, Sini Anita Kyllikki (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 2006 |