Albert Edelfelt

Grand Duchy of Finland · 1854–1905

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art. He lived in the Grand Duchy of Finland and made Finnish culture visible abroad, before Finland gained independence. He was considered the greatest Finnish artist of the second half of 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, and one of the most prominent contributors to the Golden Age of Finnish Art. == Early life and education == Edelfelt was born 1854 in Porvoo, son of the Swedish architect Carl Albert Edelfelt (1818, 1869), who had lived in Finland since his early youth, and Alexandra Edelfeldt (née Brandt 1833, 1901). His father died when he was still young, and his mother had to raise him and his younger siblings alone compounded by financial difficulties.

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