Magnus Schjerfbeck (24 July 1860 — 8 May 1933) was a Finnish

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and architectural historian.

Education

Schjerfbeck studied at the Polytechnical Institute of Finland (later

Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; ; , HUT in international usage) was a technical university in Finland. It was located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and it was one of the three universities from which the modern d ...

, now part of

Aalto University Aalto University (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economic ...

, graduating in 1881.

Career

He worked in the Board of Public Building (''Yleisten rakennusten ylihallitus''; later ''Rakennushallitus'', now

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) for most of his career, including as their lead architect from 1914 to 1926. In that role, Schjerfbeck made a significant contribution to the design and construction of public buildings of early 20th-century Finland.

Works

His more notable works and projects include: *The Scientific Societies' Building (''Tieteellisten seurain talo'') in Helsinki, now housing the Museum of Finnish Architecture *Hospitals and university clinics in e.g. Helsinki,

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and

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* Alexander III's fishing lodge at Langinkoski *Restoration of

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*Restoration of the castles at

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, Kastelhom and

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Artistic family

Schjerfbeck taught drawing and composition at the Central School of Industrial Design (''Taideteollisuuskeskuskoulu''; now part of Aalto University) for many years. His sister was the painter

Helene Schjerfbeck Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (; July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) was a Finnish modernist painter known for her realist works and self-portraits, and also for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life her work changed dram ...

. His daughter, (1901-1975), was also a painter.

References

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