Helene Schjerfbeck
dal 31/5/2012 al 13/10/2012
Segnalato da
31/5/2012
Helene Schjerfbeck
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
Almost three hundred works of art will be on display, covering all periods of Schjerfbeck's artistic career. Her works span 19th-century historical paintings and naturalistic subjects, as well as 20th-century modernism.
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Helene Schjerfbeck, Ateneum Art Museum will present a major exhibition of her art in 2012. Almost three hundred works of art will be on display, covering all periods of Schjerfbeck's artistic career.
Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) is one of Finland's most beloved artists. Her works span 19th-century historical paintings and naturalistic subjects, as well as 20th-century modernism.
The exhibition will present Schjerfbeck’s well-known classics alongside previously unseen or seldom exhibited works of art from private collections. A central theme of the exhibition is Schjerfbeck’s dialogue with the masters of world art. For the first time, Schjerfbeck’s paintings after El Greco will be displayed alongside two original works by the Spanish master. Helene Schjerfbeck herself painted the El Greco interpretations only inspired by black and white prints.
A comprehensive catalogue of Schjerfbeck’s art will be published in connection with the exhibition in which several researchers shed new light on the artist and her work.
The curator of the Helene Schjerfbeck anniversary exhibition is Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, Chief Curator at Ateneum.
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2 - Helsinki
Normal admission fee 12 € Discount admission fee 10 € Children under 18 years free admission S Privilege Card holders 11 €