Eero Järnefelt

(1863–1937) finländsk målare

Eero Järnefelt (Finland, 1863–1937) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Eero Järnefelt belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Eero Järnefelt was born in Vyborg and died in Helsinki. Eero Järnefelt trained at Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki. The teachers included William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury, and August Aleksander Järnefelt. Eero Järnefelt worked in Helsinki and Järvenpää. Wikidata associates Eero Järnefelt with romantic nationalism. Eero Järnefelt became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Lake Tuusula Artist Community. The awards include Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Knight of the Order of the Polar Star. The students included Johannes Gebhard, Ludvig Wennervirta, Martta Wendelin, and Sulho Sipilä.

The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and genre painting. The catalogue has 84 works by Eero Järnefelt with free images. The dated works span the years 1883–1934. Works by Eero Järnefelt are held by several collections, among them Finlands Nationalgalleri, Träskända konstmuseum, UPM-Kymmenes Kulturstiftelse, and Tavastehus Konstmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Helene Schjerfbeck, Hanna Rönnberg, Otto Reiniger, Hermann Pleuer, and Sem.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• Trälar under penningen