Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905). Lumières de Finlande
The exhibition
Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905). Lights of Finland
After having followed the courses of the Von Becker drawing school and those of the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Edelfelt left in 1874 to complete his training as a history painter in Paris with Jean-Léon Gérôme. Aged just 20, the young man quickly lost interest in this first academic vein to join the ranks of naturalism. His history painting – which he continued until his death – already shows a violent political naturalism. The woman, the child and the one-eyed old peasant hiding in the snow to flee the horde of soldiers leaving the burnt Village, depict in a cinematographic way the war of the Clubs, at the end of the XVIth century, like the brutal end of the dream of a pre-autonomous “Finland”.
Excerpt from Emmanuel Daydé's article published in N°101 of Art Absolument magazine.
After having followed the courses of the Von Becker drawing school and those of the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Edelfelt left in 1874 to complete his training as a history painter in Paris with Jean-Léon Gérôme. Aged just 20, the young man quickly lost interest in this first academic vein to join the ranks of naturalism. His history painting – which he continued until his death – already shows a violent political naturalism. The woman, the child and the one-eyed old peasant hiding in the snow to flee the horde of soldiers leaving the burnt Village, depict in a cinematographic way the war of the Clubs, at the end of the XVIth century, like the brutal end of the dream of a pre-autonomous “Finland”.
Excerpt from Emmanuel Daydé's article published in N°101 of Art Absolument magazine.
When
10/03/2022 - 10/07/2022
