Maria Wiik
(1853–1928) finländsk målare
Maria Wiik (Finland, 1853–1928) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtswoman. By year of birth, Maria Wiik belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Maria Wiik was born in Helsinki and died in Helsinki. Maria Wiik trained at Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors and Adolf von Becker's private school. The teachers included Adolf von Becker and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Maria Wiik worked in Helsinki and Paris. Maria Wiik was awarded Ducat Prize. The students included Hilda Flodin and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt.
One of the best-known works is ‘Out into the World’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, genre painting, and Symbolism. The catalogue has 34 works by Maria Wiik with free images. The dated works span the years 1870–1917. Works by Maria Wiik are held by several collections, among them Finlands Nationalgalleri, Gösta Serlachius konststiftelse, Helsingfors stadsmuseum, and Tammerfors konstmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore, Carl Larsson, João Marques de Oliveira, Juan Francisco González, and Julia Beck.