Helene Schjerfbeck |
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| Artist:
| Schjerfbeck, Helene |
| Text by:
| Lewison, Jeremy
Bray, Rebecca
de Chair, Désirée
von Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria |
| ISBN: | 978-1-912520-03-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
| Publisher: | Royal Academy of Arts
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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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 Schjerfbeckis 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...
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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 Schjerfbeckis 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.