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Adolf von Becker was a Finnish genre painter and art professor of German descent. He was one of the first Finnish artists to study in Paris, who taught many of the young artists of the Golden Age of F

Daniel Nyblin Portrait photograph of Adolf von Becker

Self-Portrait, 1860s

Portrait sketch by Albert Edelfelt

Portrait by William Gromme [fi], 1901

Elin Danielson-Gambogi

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Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi was a Finnish painter, best known for her realist works and portraits. Danielson-Gambogi was part of the first generation of Finnish women artists who received profess

Adolf von Becker

…strict teacher. Studies there were however interrupted by his frequent travels. Among his best-known students were Albert Edelfelt, Helene Schjerfbeck, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Helena Westermarck and Akseli Gallen-Kallela. As the 19th century drew to a close, he came under increasing criticism from the younger generation of…

Photographed in the 1880s

Artists at Önningeby in 1886. At the front, from left: Hanna Rönnberg, Hilma Westerholm, Elin Danielson and Nina Ahlstedt. Behind them, sitting in the chair, Fredrik Ahlstedt, and standing by him Victor Westerholm. Sitting on the ground at the back, Alex Federley, and standing behind him J. A. G. Acke.

Mother, 1893, modeled by the artist's sister

Young Mother (Girl from Brittany), 1885