Victor Westerholm
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Victor Axel Westerholm was a Finnish
landscape painter.
, Finland
on January 4, 1860 and died in Turku on 19 November 1919.
He first studied under Eugen Dücker
in Düsseldorf
. He then became a student of Jules Joseph Lefebvre
at the Académie Julian
in Paris
.
He taught at the school of the Society of Art in Turku and was the director of an art museum in Helsinki.
He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets in the archipelago of Åland , where he had his summer residence.
In 1886, he invited several artists to his summer home, "Tomtebo" in Önningeby, Åland, thus beginning the famous artists colony there.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
landscape painter.
Life
Victor Westerholm was born at TurkuTurku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
on January 4, 1860 and died in Turku on 19 November 1919.
He first studied under Eugen Dücker
Eugen Dücker
Eugen Dücker or Eugène Gustav Dücker was a romanticist Baltic German painter.He was born in Kuressaare, Estonia, on 29 January 1841 in the Julian calendar and died on 6 December 1916 in Düsseldorf, where he developed almost all his career...
in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
. He then became a student of Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Jules Joseph Lefebvre was a French figure painter.Lefebvre entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits in the Paris Salon...
at the Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
He taught at the school of the Society of Art in Turku and was the director of an art museum in Helsinki.
He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets in the archipelago of Åland , where he had his summer residence.
In 1886, he invited several artists to his summer home, "Tomtebo" in Önningeby, Åland, thus beginning the famous artists colony there.