Helena Westermarck

Helena Westermarck
Daniel Nyblin, Public domain

(1857–1938) finlandssvensk konstnär, författare och kvinnosakskvinna

Helena Westermarck (Finland, 1857–1938) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Helena Westermarck belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Helena Westermarck was born in Helsinki and died in Helsinki. Helena Westermarck trained at Académie Colarossi. The teachers included Adolf von Becker, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Léon Bonnat. Helena Westermarck worked in Helsinki. Helena Westermarck became a member of Naiskagaali. Helena Westermarck was awarded Ducat Prize.

The works belong mainly to the genres realism, Naturalism, and genre painting. The catalogue has 9 works by Helena Westermarck with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1888. Finlands Nationalgalleri holds at least one work by Helena Westermarck.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Eva Topelius, Ville Vallgren, Darío de Regoyos, Antonio Herrera Toro, and Reinhold Lepsius.