Amélie Lundahl
Helga Amélie Lundahl | |
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 Amélie Lundahl (1870) | |
| Born | May 26, 1850 Oulu, Finland |
| Died | August 20, 1914 (aged 64) Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Known for | Painting |
Helga Amélie Lundahl (May 26, 1850 in Oulu – August 20, 1914[1] in Helsinki[2]) was a Finnish painter.
Biography
She was the youngest of eleven children[2]. Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham, a Town Representative (public prosecutor) died when she was eight. From 1860 to 1862, she attended the "Svenska Privatskolan" in Oulu. From 1872 to 1876 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, with a brief stay at the School of Art and Design in Stockholm, which was made possible by a travel grant.
Another travel grant enabled her to go to Paris, where she studied at the Académie Julian with Tony Robert-Fleury, among others, from 1877 to 1881. She stayed there for twelve years altogether, and Brittany became her favorite location for painting. After returning to Finland in 1889, she and Victor Westerholm helped to found the "Önningebykolonin", an art colony in the village of Önningeby in the Åland Islands.
She died in 1914 in Helsinki. It is believed that her death was caused by leukemia[1].
Gallery
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The Garden Girl (1885) -
A Girl from Brittany (1880) -
Breton Girl Holding a Jar (1884) -
Head of a Girl, Brittany (1882)
References
- ^ a b "LUNDAHL, Helga AMELIE". Register of the Artists' Association of Finland. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ a b Konttinen, Riitta. "LUNDAHL, Amélie". Publicerad i Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
Further reading
- Pia Maria Montonen: Amélie Lundahl 1850–1914. Ars Nordica 10 (Pohjoinen, Oulu, 1998). ISBN 951-749-311-8
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