Johan Knutson (28 September 1816,

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- 13 September 1899,

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) was a Swedish-born Finnish landscape painter.

Life and work

He studied in Copenhagen in 1838, then in the

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department at the

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from 1839 to 1840. Upon graduating, at the age of twenty-four, he moved to Finland. There, he became a member of the (Artists' Assoaciation) and taught drawing at a school in

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from 1844 to 1890. There, he became a friend of

Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (; 5 February 1804 – 6 May 1877) was a Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet. He wrote exclusively in Swedish. He is considered a national poet of Finland. He is the author of the lyrics to (''Our Land'', in Finnish) whi ...

, and was influenced by his poetry. In the early 1840s, he depicted street life in Helsinki in humorous graphic sheets, the continued publication of which was, however, banned by the Police Commissioner. From 1845 to 1852, he was involved in illustrating ''

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'' (Finland Depicted in Drawings), with text by

Zachris Topelius Zacharias Topelius (; 14 January 181812 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although th ...

. He created a total of 48 landscape images for the book. His drawings were also included in several booklets, known collectively as '' En resa i Finland'' (Travelling in Finland); published from 1872 to 1874. He had his first solo exhibit in 1858. He also participated in exhibitions in Sweden; notably the

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. His works may be seen at the , ,

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and the

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Works by Knutson
@ the

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