Independent Visions: Finnish artists
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Exhibit
Start date
2017-04-29 12:00:00
End date
2017-10-03 18:00:00
Address / City
58 Park Avenue New York
Location
NY, US
Independent Visions: Helen Schjerfbeck and Her Contemporaries
from the Collection of Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, an exhibition presenting 55 works by four celebrated Finnish artists, opens at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, in New York City, on April 29, 2017.
The exhibition highlights the pioneering role of these artists at the end of the 19th century and in the early decades of the 20th: Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979), Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954), and Elga Sesemann (1922–2007).
Coinciding with the year long celebration of the centennial anniversary of Finland’s independence from Russia, the exhibition provides a rich opportunity for American audiences to engage with these influential Finnish painters.
from the Collection of Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, an exhibition presenting 55 works by four celebrated Finnish artists, opens at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, in New York City, on April 29, 2017.
The exhibition highlights the pioneering role of these artists at the end of the 19th century and in the early decades of the 20th: Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979), Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954), and Elga Sesemann (1922–2007).
Coinciding with the year long celebration of the centennial anniversary of Finland’s independence from Russia, the exhibition provides a rich opportunity for American audiences to engage with these influential Finnish painters.
Organizer
Scandinavia House
Phone
2127793587
Email
jennifer@amscan.org
