Self portrait (ca. 1887-90).

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905) was a Finnish painter. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e

Albert Edelfelt was born in Porvoo, Finland. "Borga" redirects here For the village in Bangladesh see Borga Bangladesh. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. His father Carl Albert was an architect. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Edelfelt admired the poet laureate Johan Ludvig Runeberg, who was a friend of the family. Johan Ludvig Runeberg (5 February 1804 Jakobstad &ndash 6 May 1877 Porvoo) was a Finnish poet and is the National poet of Finland The company of Runeberg had a lasting impact on Edelfelt, who from time to time turned to scenes from Finnish history in his paintings. Edelfelt went on to illustrate Runeberg's epic poem The Tales of Ensign Stål. The Tales of Ensign Stål ( Swedish original title Fänrik Ståls sägner, Finnish: Vänrikki Stoolin tarinat, or year He studied art in Antwerp (1873 - 1874), Paris (1874 - 1878) and Saint Petersburg (1881 - 1882). ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

He married Baroness (friherinnan) Ellan de la Chapelle in 1888 and they had one child. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Edelfelt was one of the first Finnish artists to achieve international fame. He enjoyed considerable success in Paris and was one of the founders of the Realist art movement in Finland. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Realism in the Visual arts and Literature is the depiction of subjects as they appear in Everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation He influenced several younger Finnish painters and helped fellow Finnish artists such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela to make their breakthrough in Paris. Akseli Gallen-Kallela ( April 26 1865 &ndash March 7 1931)was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations

Paintings

• Queen Blanca (1877)
• Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klaus Fleming (1878)
• A Child's Funeral (1879)
• Virginie (1883)
• Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1885)
• Under the Birches

External links

• (English) View some of his pictures (VaasaPages. Baron Clas Eriksson Fleming (Klaus Fleming (born 1535 in Pargas, Finland; died April 13, 1597 in Pohja, Finland) The best known portrait of Pasteur in his laboratory was painted by Albert Edelfelt in 1885. com)