Eero Aleksander Nelimarkka (10 October 1891 – 27 January 1977) was a Finnish painter. He is best known for depicting the plain

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of Ostrobothnia but he also produced

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of notable Finns and family members.

Biography

Nelimarkka was born in Finland on 10 October 1891, at

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Académie de la Grande Chaumière The Académie de la Grande Chaumière () is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France. History The school was founded in 1904 by the Catalan painter Claudio Castelucho on the rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, near the A ...

and in

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

. In 1945, Nelimarkka established "The Nelimarkka Foundation". The founders also included J. A. Hollo. The mission of the Nelimarkka Foundation is to preserve and promote Eero Nelimarkka's production and life's work. In 1964, he built the Nelimarkka Museum on his father's farm at

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in southern Ostrobothnia. Its core collection of some 1700 works is owned by the Nelimarkka Foundation. Nelimarkka died on 27 January 1977, aged 85, in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. He is buried in the

Hietaniemi Cemetery The Hietaniemi cemetery (, ) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Luthe ...

in Helsinki.

Personal life

Nelimarkka's son Antti Nelimarkka founded Neles. Antti Nelimarkka's daughter is artist Riitta Nelimarkka-Seeck, mother of writer

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References

1891 births 1977 deaths People from Vaasa People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish modern painters 20th-century Finnish painters Finnish landscape painters Finnish portrait painters Aalto University alumni Pro Finlandia Medals of the Order of the Lion of Finland Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Académie Julian alumni Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery {{finland-painter-stub