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Helsinki regularly provides both visitors and locals with the opportunity to enjoy exhibitions of international art by world famous artists. There are currently a number of great exhibitions… Read More

de Pascal BonafouxBeau Livre - 444 pagesEditions Diane de Selliers - février 2004Grand prix du Jury de La Nuit du Livre - 2004Ceci est un grand livre, un beau bébé de 3… Read More

Girl Reading, Helene Schjerfbeck, 1904Daily Thoughts 08/07/2016I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.I finished reading The Planet Remade How Geoengineering Could Save the… Read More

Helene Schjerfbeck – The School Girl II,1908,OST Read More

Maria, Helen Schjerfbeck, 1906Daily Thoughts 02/15/2018I checked the Twitter and Facebook for the library this morning.I read some more for my class online, Winning Support and Influencing C… Read More

This summer, the mesmerizing paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, one of Finland's best kept secrets, appear in the UK's first major exhibition of her work. The post Helene Schjerfbeck Exhibitio… Read More

Although lauded in Finland, and in some parts of Europe, Schjerfbeck still remains relatively unknown in the UK. The Royal Academy aims to … The post In pictures: Helene Schjerfb… Read More

In Helsinki's Ateneum, Finland's national gallery, Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) has been, through the latter part of her lifetime and since her death, one of … The post 'Finland's Mun… Read More

In Helsinki's Ateneum, Finland's national gallery, Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) has been, through the latter part of her lifetime and since her death, one of … The post 'Finland's Mun… Read More

That same year, as Finland plunged into civil war, 10,000 Soviet soldiers were incarcerated in a camp on the edge of town where, deprived of food … The post Helen Schjerfbeck: th… Read More

That same year, as Finland plunged into civil war, 10,000 Soviet soldiers were incarcerated in a camp on the edge of town where, deprived of food … The post Helen Schjerfbeck: th… Read More

For obvious reasons, Finland, however remarkable a nation, is not all that prominent on the cultural stage of the west. It is a big country with a small … The post Helene Schjerf… Read More

For obvious reasons, Finland, however remarkable a nation, is not all that prominent on the cultural stage of the west. It is a big country with a small … The post Helene Schjerf… Read More

The Helene Schjerfbeck exhibit at the Royal Academy is stunning. I do wonder if there is something genetic that makes me particularly partial to Finnish artists, but sacrilegiously, I don&rs… Read More

Randall asks: "How do you keep awake and concentrating during long work stretches?"James Gurney: "First I try some yoga stretches, then I take a walk, and then I have a cup of coffee. If tho… Read More

Läsande flickor, 1907 Utställningen med Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) på Ateneum är stor, kanske tre gånger så många verk som på Waldemarsuddes… Read More

Camille Pissarro – View from my window Eragny 1886 Edvard Munch – At the General Store In Vrengen,1888 Esteban Murillo Due donne alla finestra1660 Felix Nussbaum (1904-44) G… Read More

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No meio do dia fiquem com Itzhak Perlman Beethoven: Violin Concerto (with Daniel Barenboim, Berliner Philharmoniker O que o governo vai fazer com o leilão dos 22 aeroportos? Vai dir… Read More

Vasily Polenov,Pond in Abramtsevo, 1883 Claude Monet The Seine near Giverny,1888 Joaquín Sorolla i Bastida Mountains at Jaca, 1914 Harry Holland,Nude – s/d Ohara Koson (Jap&atil… Read More

Utställningen på Thielska är verkligen sevärd, den innehåller finsk konst där många verk sällan eller aldrig visats i Sverige. Signe och Ane Gyllen… Read More

Clothes Drying, 1883Helene Schjerfbeck's early paintings were influenced by French realism and impressionism. Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish, 1852-1946) The Convalescent 1888She studied wi… Read More

 Albert EdelfeltTransporte del ataúd del niño (el funeral de un niño) 1879Helsinki, Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery Formado en París en el estudio de… Read More

Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of… Read More

The Amos Anderson Hem museum in Helsinki is a must-visit for anyone interested in Finnish history, culture, and art. The apartment, which belonged to Amos Anderson, a prominent Finnish busin… Read More