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#54 Rosy-Cheeked Girl http://bricolage-julier.blogspot.com Helene Schjerfbeck, Finnish Art, January 23, Women Artists, Still Lifes, Art Portraits, Female Artists, Long Life, Figurative

{source} INSPIRATION 2014 #54: Love the simplicity of this painting by Finnish painter, Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946). Rosy-Cheeked Girl was painted in 1927. The artist was known for her self portraits and portraits of women and children, although she also painted landscapes and still life. Here is a more inclusive post about this wonderful artist I just discovered.

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Schjerfbeck Helene, Helene Schjerfbeck, Female Painters, Finnish Art, Swan Neck, Figurative Artwork, Art Society, Hur Man Målar, January 23

Oil on canvas; 38 x 42 cm. Helene Schjerfbeck was a Finnish painter. She is most widely known for her realist works and self-portraits, and less well known for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life, her work changed dramatically. "Her work starts with a dazzlingly skilled, somewhat melancholic version of late-19th-century academic realism…it ends with distilled, nearly abstract images in which pure paint and cryptic description are held in perfect balance." (Roberta Smith…

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Eclectic Paintings, Helene Schjerfbeck, Finnish Art, Art Eclectic, Hur Man Målar, Scandinavian Art, Girl Reading, Still Lifes, Helsinki

The history of Finnish art is somewhat unusual. Since the 19th century, there have been more women who have made successful careers as artists in Finland than elsewhere in Europe. Considering how brief the history of fine art painting is in Finland, and how few truly great artists such a small country can produce, it's…

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