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'''Victor Axel Westerholm''' (4 January 1860 – 19 November 1919) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] landscape painter. |
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In 1888 he became a teacher at the school of the Society of Art in Turku, and in 1891 became the director of the Turku art museum.<ref name="international studio" /> |
In 1888 he became a teacher at the school of the Society of Art in Turku, and in 1891 became the director of the Turku art museum.<ref name="international studio" /> |
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He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets at his summer home, "Tomtebo", at the village of Önningeby in the Municipality of [[Jomala ]] on the [[Åland Islands]] in the [[Baltic Sea]]. In 1886, he invited several artists to Tomtebo thus beginning the [[Önningeby artists colony]] (''Önningebykolonin''). Visiting artists who spent time in Önningeby include [[J.A.G. Acke]], [[Hanna Rönnberg]], [[Elin Danielson-Gambogi]], [[Edvard Westman]] and [[Elias Muukka]]. Since 1992 Önningeby-museet in Önningeby has exhibited a permanent exhibition of works by the Önningeby artists’ colony.<ref name="international studio" /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.konstmuseum.ax/en/onningebykolonin/ |
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He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets in the archipelago of Åland, where he had his summer residence.<ref name="international studio" /> |
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Westerholm was an instructor at Turku drawing school in 1887–1898 and 1904–1917. In 1891, he was elected as the curator of the newly formed Art Association in Turku. |
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Westerholm died at Turku on 19 November 1919. |
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==Personal life== |
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In 1885, he married Hilma Alander. Westerholm lived in Turku where he died during 1919. |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Victor Axel Westerholm (4 January 1860 – 19 November 1919) was a Finnish landscape painter. [1]
Biography
Victor Axel Westerholm was born at Nagu island in Turku archipelago of Finland. He was the son of Vicor Westerholm, a ship's master, and Maria Westerholm (née Andersson). From 1869 to 1878 he studied at the Finnish Art Society's Drawing School in Turku, under Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808–1873) and Thorsten Waenerberg (1846–1917); and as a young man he studied under Eugen Dücker (1841–1916) in Düsseldorf from 1878-1880. Much later he studied under Jules Joseph Lefebvre(1836–1911) at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1888-1890.[2] [3]
In 1888 he became a teacher at the school of the Society of Art in Turku, and in 1891 became the director of the Turku art museum.[2]
He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets at his summer home, "Tomtebo", at the village of Önningeby in the Municipality of Jomala on the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea. In 1886, he invited several artists to Tomtebo thus beginning the Önningeby artists colony (Önningebykolonin). Visiting artists who spent time in Önningeby include J.A.G. Acke, Hanna Rönnberg, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Edvard Westman and Elias Muukka. Since 1992 Önningeby-museet in Önningeby has exhibited a permanent exhibition of works by the Önningeby artists’ colony.[2][4] [5]
Westerholm was an instructor at Turku drawing school in 1887–1898 and 1904–1917. In 1891, he was elected as the curator of the newly formed Art Association in Turku.
Personal life
In 1885, he married Hilma Alander. Westerholm lived in Turku where he died during 1919.
Gallery
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Riversidemustio (1917) -
Rantamaisema (1908) -
Rantamaisema Ahvenanmaalta (1893) -
Virtaavaa vettä (1917)
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References
- ^ "Victor Westerholm". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ a b c The International Studio, v. 33 No. 130 – December, 1907. edited by Charles Holme, Guy Eglinton, Peyton Boswell, William Bernard McCormick, Henry James Whigham. Victor Westerholm, Finnish Landscape Painter. Google Books
- ^ "Victor Westerholm (1860-1919)". kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "The Önningeby artists' colony". konstmuseum. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "visitaland.com – The Önningeby colony". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
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External links
Media related to Victor Westerholm at Wikimedia Commons
