Eero Järnefelt

Eero Järnefelt studied at Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki. Training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and August Aleksander Järnefelt is recorded. Johannes Gebhard, Ludvig Wennervirta and Martta Wendelin are recorded as having studied under Eero Järnefelt. The recorded working language is Finnish and French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, landscape and genre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki and Järvenpää. Residence is recorded at Suviranta. Employment is recorded with University of Helsinki. Work by Eero Järnefelt is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, City of Pori art collection, Turku Art Museum and Kuopio Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Order of the Polar Star.

• Name — Eero Järnefelt • Birth Name — Erik Nikolai Järnefelt • Born — 8 November 1863 • Birthplace — Viipuri, Grand Duchy of Finland • Died — 15 November 1937 • Place of death — Helsinki, Finland • Field — Painter

He was the son of General Alexander Järnefelt and Baroness Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg).[4] He came from a Swedish-speaking Finnophile family of artists, writers and composers descended from the Baltic aristocracy.[5] Several of his eight siblings also became well-known: Kasper Järnefelt (a literary critic), Arvid (a judge and writer), Armas (a composer and conductor) and Aino (wife of Jean Sibelius).[6] • Illustration — Portrait of Järnefelt by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1888 After graduating from a private academy, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki from 1874 to 1878, the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1883 to 1886 (where one of his teachers was his uncle, Mikhail Clodt), and the Académie Julian in Paris from 1886 to 1888, where he studied with Tony Robert-Fleury. A major influence was the Naturalism of Jules Bastien-Lepage. • Illustration — Portrait by Gunnar Berndtson in 1892 • Illustration — Portrait of his wife Saimi by Järnefelt in 1895 In 1889, he married the actress Saimi Swan. In 1892, he made his first trip to the area around Koli with Juhani Aho and his wife, the painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt. He was impressed with the scenery there and would continue to visit regularly until 1936.[7] In 1893, he traveled to Finland where he sketched and photographed agricultural workers which inspired his most famous painting, Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood).[8] Later, he made several study trips; to Italy in 1894 and Crimea in 1899. That same year, he helped organize an international exhibition in Saint Petersburg, sponsored by Mir Iskusstva. In 1901, he built a home that he named "Suviranta" (Summer Beach) at the artists' colony near Lake Tuusula, designed by Usko Nyström. He lived there only until 1917 when he moved to Helsinki, but it is still owned and used by his family.[9] • Illustration — Self-Portrait, unknown date From 1902 to 1928, he taught drawing at the University of Helsinki. He was appointed professor there in 1912 and served as chairman of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. His last major work was an altarpiece for the church in Raahe, which he completed in 1926. A major retrospective was held in 2013, which included several previously unknown works.

Eero Järnefelt was recorded at birth as Erik Nikolai Järnefelt. The authorities additionally record the headings Eero Nikolai Jaernefelt, Eero Nikolai Jarnefelt, E. Järnefelt and Eero kurunsaari.

Eero Järnefelt is recorded as having received Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and Knight of the Legion of Honour.