Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905); Finnish painter. Born 21 July 1854 in Porvoo, son of Carl Albert Edelfelt, an architect, and Alexandra Edelfelt, née Brandt, Swedish-speaking Finns. He began his formal studies of art in 1869 at the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Society, and continued as a student of Adolf von Becker. He studied history painting at the Antwerp Academy of Art before becoming a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In Paris he shared a studio with the American, Julian Alden Weir, who introduced him to John Singer Sargent. Later he studied at Saint Petersburg. He married Baroness (friherinnan) Ellan de la Chapelle in 1888, and they had one child. Edelfelt was one of the first Finnish artists to achieve international fame. He enjoyed considerable success in Paris and was one of the founders of the Realist art movement in Finland. He influenced several younger Finnish painters and helped fellow Finnish artists such as Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Gunnar Berndtson to make their breakthrough in Paris. Among his students was Léon Bakst. The painting of Louis Pasteur won him the Legion of Honour in 1886 at the exhibition at the Paris Salon. ....Edelfelt was selected as the main motif in a Finnish commemorative coin celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth, the €100 Albert Edelfelt and painting commemorative coin, minted in 2004. The reverse shows an embossed face of the artist. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Edelfelt) Edelfelt, like his father, did not live a very long life. A relatively short 51 years. His career as a successful artist lasted about 25 years, during which time he produced some 1400 paintings. It is surprising how few of these works are left as his legacy today. Nearly half Edelfelt’s output was in the form of portraits, and it is... (http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2006/05/03/parading-my-ignorance-or-painters-i-should-have-known-about-003/) undefined

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