Eero Järnefelt
Erik (Eero) Nikolai Järnefelt (born November 8, 1863 in Vyborg , † November 15, 1937 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish painter of realism .
family
Eero Järnefelt was born in 1863 as the son of the Finnish general and provincial governor Alexander Järnefelt and his wife Elisabeth (née Clodt von Jürgensburg ). He had six siblings. The writer Arvid Järnefelt and the composer and conductor Armas Järnefelt were his brothers, his sister Aino was married to Jean Sibelius .
life and work
Järnefelt studied from 1883 to 1885 at the Art Academy in St. Petersburg. In 1886 he went to Paris for further studies, where he was friends with Akseli Gallen-Kallela , the Finnish sculptor Emil Wikström (1864–1942) and the Swedish painter and designer Louis Sparre (1863–1964). In 1889 he traveled to Keuruu , where he met his future wife, the actress Saimi Swan, whom he married a year later.
His work is influenced by the French plein-air painting and the naturalistic paintings by Jules Bastien-Lepages .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Järnefelt, Eero |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Järnefelt, Erik Nikolai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish painter of realism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vyborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1937 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |