Albert Edelfelt

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 Porvoo - 18 August 1905 Porvoo) was a Finnish painter, graphic artist and illustrator Edelfelt's production ranges from historical paintings and portraits to naturalistic descriptions of ordinary people's lives and impressionist scenes from Paris's urban life and beauty

Edelfelt is one of the most prominent Finnish painters and artists of the arts who also received international recognition. He actively opened the way for the gold age for other Finnish artists and younger generations. Edelfelt allowed his work in the 1900 Pavilion in the Paris World Expo in 1900 in his own pavilion. They did not represent the art of the Russian Empire

Edelfelt was born in the Kiiala Manor near Porvoo in 1854 He spent the summer months of childhood in his mother's inheritance estate His father was Swedish-born architect Carl Albert Edelfelt and mother of wealthy Porvoo merchant daughter Alexandra Brandt Mother belonged to friends of Johan Ludvig Runeberg and Runeberg and Topelius supported young Edelfel Father's early death led Edelfelt to economic difficulties , But Alexandra Edelfelt invested much in training her children

Edelfel loved painting and studied it in private lessons and at the Finnish Art Association's drawing school already during his schooling. In 1871 he completed his matriculation examination. His first painting was Old Grandma Edelfelt exhibiting at the age of 18

Edelfelt joined the Imperial Alexander University to read Latin, Greek and History, but focused mainly on subconscious life. He finished his studies after the year but continued drawing with the University Drawing School until 1873. He continued his art studies at the Antwerp Academy of Arts in 1873-1874, under the chairmanship of Jean-Léon Gérôme in the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts 1874-1875 and 1876-1878 Edelfelt lived mainly in Paris in 1891 at the Peter Academy of Art, he studied in 1881-1882 Edelfelt had also studied at the private school of Adolf von Becker

Edelfelt's talents attracted attention at the university and at the Finnish Art Association's annual exhibition 1872 He received a state scholarship to go to the Antwerp Academy of Art to study the prestigious historical painting Edelfelt was hoping to paint a royal rendition of Runeberg's poetry in Europe The popularity of historic painting was falling and art circles were interested in the realism of details Edelfelt wanted to continue his studies in Paris, central

Edelfelt acquired the old mansion of the manor of the Haikko manor in 1880 and three years later he built himself a studio with skylights. He spent 26 summers there and painted over 220 works

Edelfelt had good relations with Russia, Hovi ordered a copy of Queen of Blank, and Edelfelt painted portraits of Emperor Nikolai II with a portrait of a portrait of a young, formal portrait of the Emperor's Pupil. With personal acquaintance, Alexander III and Maria Fjodorovna probably belonged to Finland in the 1900 Paris World Expo They are also in favor of Edelfelt's diplomatic discourse

Edelfelt married a volunteer with Ellan de la Chapelle in 1888 They had one common child, Erik (died in 1910) Before his marriage he had a number of short and three serious relationships, of which he apparently had two children. Marriage curbed his affair for about ten years, but over the last decades, Was again abundant Ville Vallgren feared Edelfelt's sexual activity and heavy work pace to be a health hazard The workplace describes the fact that Bertel Hintzen's biography has listed more than 1 100 edelfelt paintings and sketches

Albert Edelfel died of heart attack on 18 August 1905 in Haiko

Edelfelt first painted historical issues (Queen Blanka and Charles the Duke of Klaus Fleming's body) The painting style gradually changed from historic romanticism to the naturalist (Child's ruin, Ruokolahti eukkaa kirkonmäellä) Later he also painted religious subjects Edelfelt's most famous paintings are worship in the archipelago, And Mataleena and the Royal Palace of the University of Helsinki

Edelfelt also painted a lot of portraits, including portraits of Louis Pasteur, Aino Ackté and Nikolai II Many of them are at this time fashionable moods in which the model was presented in his natural surroundings Edelfelt was skilled to bring out the best of his model

She attended the exhibition of Russian and Finnish artists in St. Petersburg and Mir Iskusstva's international exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1899

In addition to the paintwork, Edelfelt was a graphic artist and illustrator in the 1890s. He talked about the story of Vänrikki Stoolin of Johan Ludwig Runeberg's poetry belonging to his family (1808-1809)

Edelfelt was somewhat impressed by Edelfelt, and Larin Parasken's portrait was a step towards Karelianism, but when a group of impetuous young Finns took the development of Finnish art into his own direction, Edelfelt moved from leading art in the country to a younger role. He supported and encouraged, for example, Magnus Enckelli and Juho Risa

Edelfelt is known to have had good relations with Russia and the Emperor's family, but they have not been spoken in public. The matter was confirmed when Russia was found in the Rybinsky City Museum in 2017 Edelfelt's painting depicting the Emperor Alexander III's grandmother Vladimir's sons in Finland was thought to be lost

Edelfelt was the first internationally renowned Finnish artist whose works were bought in museums and major art collections. His most famous era as a Finnish artist also had a number of artistic duties at home and abroad. After the Dawn of the Dawn, Edelfelt was appointed honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts.

Albert Edelfel was also a member of the Stockholm Academy of Art Academy and acted as chairman of the Finnish Artists' Association from 1895 to 1896 and 1898-1904 and chaired by the Finnish Art Association. He was a French Honorary Officer and commander Edelfelt was awarded the Order of Honor of the French Legion in 1885 and his medal for the World War II Exhibition in 1900

After the death of Edelfelt, Finnish cultural characters founded the association "Konstnärsföreningen till Albert Edelfelts minne". It acquired funds and repaired to the Edelfelt Museum of Atelier in 1951. The association was later converted into a foundation to preserve the memory of Albert Edelfelt and to take care of the Artist's Museum of Art and its land in Haiku

Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland has published Edelfelt's letters on the Internet
https://hisour.com/artist/albert-edelfelt/