Ellen Thesleff
(1869–1954) finländsk målare och grafiker
Ellen Thesleff (Finland, 1869–1954) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Ellen Thesleff belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Ellen Thesleff was born in Helsinki and died in Helsinki. Ellen Thesleff trained at Académie Colarossi and Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors. The teachers included Adolf von Becker and Gunnar Berndtson. Ellen Thesleff worked in Helsinki, Paris, and Florence. Wikidata associates Ellen Thesleff with Symbolism, Expressionism, and Naturalism. Ellen Thesleff was awarded Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
The works belong mainly to the genres Symbolism and landscape painting. The catalogue has 21 works by Ellen Thesleff with free images. The dated works span the years 1889–1937. Works by Ellen Thesleff are held by several collections, among them Finlands Nationalgalleri, Finnish National Gallery, Anders Wiklöfs samling, and Gösta Serlachius konststiftelse.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, Emil Wikström, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Pekka Halonen, and John Settergren.