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Victor Axel Westerholm (4 January 1860
He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets at his summer home, "Tomtebo", at the village of Önningeby in the Municipality of Jomala on
In 1885, he married Hilma Alander. They had one daughter, . Westerholm lived in Turku where he died in November 1919 from a flu that turned into
Turku
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– 19 November 1919 Turku) was a Finnish
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landscape painter, especially known for founding the Önningeby artists' colony.
Biography
Victor Axel Westerholm was born in Turku in 1860. He was the son of Viktor Westerholm, a ship's master, and Maria Westerholm (née Andersson). As a child he spent a lot of time at the island ofNagu
Nagu (; fi, Nauvo ) is a former municipality and parish of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland. On 1 January 2012 the name Väståboland was changed to Pa ...
in the Finnish Archipelago. 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
Eugen Gustav Dücker (also ''Eugène Gustav Dücker''; , in Arensburg (now Kuressaare, Estonia) – 6 December 1916, in Düsseldorf) was a Baltic German painter, in the Romantic atyle, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule.
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(1841–1916) in Düsseldorf
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1878-1880. Much later he studied under Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Jules Joseph Lefebvre (; 14 March 183624 February 1911) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist.
Early life
Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1836. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Bea ...
(1836–1911) at the Académie Julian in Paris
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from 1888-1890.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
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.
He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets at his summer home, "Tomtebo", at the village of Önningeby in the Municipality of Jomala on Åland
Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a populat ...
in the Baltic Sea
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. 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
Elias Muukka (10 June 1853 – 2 October 1938) was a Finnish painter. He mainly painted landscapes, usually from the rural areas of Karelia and from Turku.
Biography
He was born at the village of Suontakainen in Lemi, Finland. He attended school ...
. Since 1992 Önningeby-museet in Önningeby has exhibited a permanent exhibition of works by the Önningeby artists’ colony.
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. They had one daughter, . Westerholm lived in Turku where he died in November 1919 from a flu that turned into pneumonia
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.
Works
See also
*Golden Age of Finnish Art
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*Finnish art
Finnish art started to form its individual characteristics in the 19th century, when romantic nationalism began to rise in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.
Prehistoric art
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