Английская Википедия:Berndt Godenhjelm

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Шаблон:Infobox artist Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (March 30, 1799 - 14 December 1881) was a Finnish painter.[1]

Personal life

Godenhjelm was born in Mäntyharju. His parents were the county surveyor Adolf Fredrik Godenhjelm and Maria Elizabeth Argillander. His wife was Alexandra Fredrika Hornborg (died 1871). Their son B. F. Godenhjelm became a teacher.[1]

Early career

He studied landscape painting in Stockholm under Шаблон:Ill, and later he studied copper drawing in Saint Petersburg.[2] He initially began his career in the courts, where he worked as an articled clerks deputy judge in 1826. However soon after he transitioned to painting, primarily producing commissioned works for churches and portraits.[1]

Works and memberships

Файл:Photograph of Berndt Godenhjelm.jpg
Photograph of Godenhjelm, likely from the early 1860s

During his career, he painted dozens of altarpieces including ones for the Mäntyharju church, the Lovage church, the Liperi church (1842), the Jämsä church (1848), the Ikaalinen church (1874) and Finnish Lutheran Church in Sitka, Alaska founded by Uno Cygnaeus in 1840. Some of his works have been preserved at the Шаблон:Ill and the National Museum of Finland. Godenhjelm was head teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki drawing school from 1848 to 1869.[3] He was an honorary member of the Шаблон:Ill in 1864, and a board member of the Finnish Art Society from 1852 to 1868.[1]

Works

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See also

References

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  • Ilmari Heikinheimo: Finland elämäkerrasto. Helsinki: Werner Söderström Corporation, 1955. Page 232

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