Berndt Lindholm

Berndt Lindholm studied at Turun piirustuskoulu and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Training under Hans Gude, Léon Bonnat and Johan Knutson is recorded. The recorded working language is Finnish and Swedish. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and realism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Gothenburg, Bavaria and Karlsruhe. Employment is recorded with Valand School of Fine Arts and University of Gothenburg. Work by Berndt Lindholm is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, Lönnström Art Museum, City of Pori art collection and HAM Helsinki Art Museum.

• Born — 20 August 1841 • Birthplace — Loviisa • Died — 15 May 1914 • Place of death — Gothenburg • Field — Painting • Alma Mater — Düsseldorf School • Education — Member

He took his first drawing lessons from Johan Knutson in Porvoo. From 1856 to 1861, he attended the drawing school of the Finnish Art Society in Turku, where he studied with Robert Wilhelm Ekman. From 1863 to 1865, he attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf then went to the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe for one year to continue his studies with Hans Gude. In 1867 he arrived in Paris, where he was strongly influenced by the new French painting. He was the first Finn to embrace French landscape painting and apply it to Nordic nature. Upon returning to Helsinki, he was a teacher for a short time at the Finnish Art Society's drawing school, with the young Albert Edelfelt among his students. His first solo exhibition (Helsinki, 1870) was successful and, three years later, he was invited to become a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. From 1873 to 1874, he was in Paris, where his teachers included Léon Bonnat. He also came under the influence of Charles-François Daubigny and the Barbizon school. In 1876, he was awarded a medal at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and received the Finnish State Prize the following year. That same year he settled in Gothenburg and became Curator of the city art collection in 1878; a position he held until 1900. He also taught at the Valand Academy and was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. In addition to his painting, he provided illustrations for several works by Zacharias Topelius. His work is represented at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Turku Art Museum, Åbo Akademi University and the Gothenburg Art Museum and at museums in Norrköping and Vänersborg.

The authorities additionally record the headings Bernt Adolf Lindholm, Berndt Adolf Lindholm, Lindholm, B. Lindholm and B. His recorded languages were Finnish and Swedish. One child is recorded: Sigrid Lindholm.