Though little known outside her native country, Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) is one of Finland’s best-loved artists, and has influenced artists far beyond its borders. Her career, which stretched from the late 1870s to the end of World War II, spanned both impressionism and modernism.
Helene Schjerfbeck is published to accompany a major survey exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of the Arts, the artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK since she exhibited in London in 1890. The full range of her exceptional work is presented, with 70 paintings in all genres, including portraits and self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes. With essays about Schjerfbeck’s technique, her social and cultural context and her influence on later artists such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, this volume offers a thorough introduction to the artist’s work and legacy.
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Published to accompany a major retrospective at the Royal Academy, running from 20 July to 27 October 2019, the first time her works have been seen in London since 1890
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`Fine Things Alongside Fierce Things' |
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`Here Are A Thousand Things To Paint': Schjerfbeck In Stives |
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60 | (11) |
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Paris, Pont-Aven And Stives |
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99 | (26) |
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125 | (8) |
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133 | (17) |
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| Endnotes |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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| List of Lenders |
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| Photographic Acknowledgements |
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Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff is chief curator at the Ateneum Art Museum / Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki. Rebecca Bray is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Desiree de Chair is an art historian and curator. Jeremy Lewison is an art historian and curator. He was formerly Director of Collections at Tate.
