Torsten Wasastjerna

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Torsten Gideon Wasastjerna (born December 17, 1863 in Helsinki ; † July 1, 1924 there ) was a Finnish painter .

Life

Wasastjerna was born the son of the lawyer Edvin Gideon Wasastjerna and his wife Rudolfina Charlotta Barck. From 1879 to 1885 he attended the drawing school of the Finnish Art Association, from 1883 to 1885 the University of Helsinki and in 1885 the Helsinki Art School. Then he went to Düsseldorf to study at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Hugo Crola , Johann Peter Theodor Janssen , Adolf Schill , Eduard Gebhardt and Julius Roeting were his teachers there between 1885 and 1888 . He had been friends with Victor Westerholm since his time in Düsseldorf . With him he traveled to Paris in 1888 on a grant from the Finnish state. In 1888/90 and 1892 he studied at the Académie Julian , among others with Henri Lucien Doucet (1856–1895) and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant . In 1890 he received the 2nd prize, in 1891 the 1st prize in the competition of the Finnish Art Association, the so-called "Ducat Prize", which has been awarded annually since 1858.

He was married to Aleksandra Maria, née Prästén (1879–1948), with whom he had three daughters. In addition to a painter, he was active as a lyric and dramatic writer.

Fonts (selection)

  • Dröm och värklighet . Helsingfors 1896
  • Om namnets invärkan på personligheten (About the influence of the name on the personality). W. Hagelstam 1896; Helsinki 1899
  • Konstens vänner och fiender: tankar och åsikter i konstfrågor: constnary, critic och constvänner including the "stackars föraktade stora allmänheten" tillägnade " Söderström 1902
  • Spökåsen: lyric-romantic-satirical poem . Helios, Helsingfors 1906
  • Dictator . Helsingfors 1907
  • Hortense or Hans excellens och Hans nièce: en skildring på vers . Soderstrom 1907
  • Fågel Fenix: Skådespel i tre akter i bound and obunden form, med music . 1916

Works (selection)

Woman in the Garden , 1893

Wasastjerna created figural compositions and above all landscape painting . In the 1890s, his painting made a transition to impressionism . Also Symbolist paintings and other works with fantastic motifs among his work. Works can be found in the Ateneum and the Helsinki City Museum as well as in the Hämeenlinna Art Museum.

  • Beach , 1880
  • Interior (Sisäkuva Rudolfina Wasastjernan kodista), 1889; Oil / canvas, 49.50 × 45.50 cm: Helsinki, Finnish National Gallery Ateneum (Fig .: http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2043 )
  • Silittäjättär (Ironers), 1889: Helsinki, Finnish National Gallery Ateneum (Ill .: Wennervirta, 1934, No. 132)
  • Luxembourgin puistosta (In Luxembourg Park), 1890
  • Place de la Concorde , 1890
  • The ice rink in the northern port of Helsinki , 1890; Gouache: Helsinki, Stadtmuseum (color illus .: Pam Meecham (ed.): A Companion to Modern Art. John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2018, p. 377)
  • Woman in the Garden , 1893
  • Sailboat , oil / l., 19 × 16 cm (art trade)
  • Spring flowers , oil / wood, 28 × 17 cm (art trade)

Memorial exhibition

  • Torsten Wasastjerna. Minnesutstallning Muistonayttely. Helsinki 1925

literature

  • Ludvig Wennervirta: Finland's Konsten. Helsinki 1934 (fig.).
  • Kuvataiteilijat. Suomen kuvataiteilijoiden henkilöhakemisto (directory of Finnish artists of the 19th and 20th centuries; Finnish: short biography with photo). Helsinki 1972.
  • Aimo Reitala: Wasastjerna, Torsten (1863 - 1924) Kansallisbiografia-Verkkojulkaisu. Studia Biographica 4. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 1997
  • Päivi Hovi-Wasastjerna: Helsinki - Dusseldorf - Pariisi. Taidemaalari Torsten Wasastjernan matkassa . Vammalan kirjapaino 2004, ISBN 952-91-7802-6

Web links

Commons : Torsten Wasastjerna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Sabine Baumgärtel (Ed.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 442
  2. ↑ https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/4157
  3. ↑ Susanna Pettersson: Suomen Taideyhdistyksen jakamat Dukaattipalkinnot 1858 2006. Listan laatinut, in:> https://suomentaideyhdistys.fi/awards-grants/awards/dukaattipalkinto
personal data
SURNAME Wasastjerna, Torsten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wasastjerna, Torsten Gideon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1924
Place of death Helsinki