Karl Anders Ekman

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Karl Anders Ekman (born March 30, 1833 in Vyborg , † February 1, 1855 in Düsseldorf ) was a Finnish painter.

Life

Ekman was the son of Fredrik Joakim Ekman (1798–1872), a chaplain of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and his wife Sofia Agata, née Ingman († 1876). The painter Robert Wilhelm Ekman was his uncle. Ekman studied at the Stockholm Art Academy from 1844 to 1846 , from 1849 to 1852 at the drawing school of the Finnish Art Association in Åbo (Turku) and in 1853/54 at the Copenhagen Art Academy . In 1854/55 he was enrolled in Theodor Hildebrandt's painting class at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There was contact with the Norwegian painter Adolph Tidemand , who lived in Düsseldorf . In 1855 he was represented for the first time in an art exhibition. He fell ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and died at the age of 21 in Düsseldorf.

Ekman's works can be found in the Ateneum and the Cygnaeuksen Gallery in Helsinki as well as the Tampere Art Museum . The Ateneum Helsinki catalog, 1988, lists 31 works (watercolors, oil sketches) with illustrations.

Work (selection)

  • Sota veteraani kertoo , oil on canvas, 49.5 × 59.5 cm - Interior of a farmhouse in Norway : Helsinki, Ateneum (order cat. 1912, no. 147; order cat. 1988, no. 15; fig .; acquired in 1872 from the artist's father).
  • Morannal and Oihonna , oil on canvas, 25 × 18.5 cm; Draft 1855: Helsinki, Ateneum (order cat. 1912, no.148; order cat. 1988, no.16; illus.).

literature

  • Johan Jacob Tikkanen: Ekman, Robert Wilhelm (there nephew Carl Anders E.) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 445 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Directory of the art collections in the Atheneum Helsingfors. Helsinki 1912.
  • Arne Wilhelm Rancken (sister's stepson, Charlotte Ekman): Anders Ekman. En konstnärsdröm. Helsingfors 1927 (photo; fig.).
  • Onni Okkonen: L'art finlandais aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Helsinki 1938.
  • Ilmari Heikinheimo: Suomen elämäkerrasto. Werner Söderström, Helsinki 1955, p. 160.
  • Salme Sarajas-Korte (Ed.): Kalevalan kankahilla. Kuvarunoja Ekmanista, Gallen-Kallelaan . Helsinki 1978 (catalog for the illustrations by Carl Anders Ekman and Akseli Gallen-Kallela).
  • Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 1: Abbema – Gurlitt. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7654-3009-9 , appendix, p. 442.
  • Timo Huusko: Ekman, Carl Anders . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 33, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22773-6 , p. 141.

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SURNAME Ekman, Karl Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ekman, Carl Anders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Vyborg
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1855
Place of death Dusseldorf