Hjalmar Munsterhjelm

Training under Werner Holmberg and Hans Gude is recorded. Woldemar Toppelius is recorded as having studied under Hjalmar Munsterhjelm. 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 romance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki and Tuulos. Work by Hjalmar Munsterhjelm is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, Lönnström Art Museum, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Hämeenlinna Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are Ducat Prize.

• Born — 19 October 1840 • Birthplace — Tuulos, Grand Duchy of Finland • Died — 2 April 1905 • Place of death — Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland • Field — Painting • Style — Classicism • Movement — Realism • Education — Member

Munsterhjelm was born at Toivoniemi Manor of Tuulos, Finland. He was the son of Gustaf Riggert Munsterhjelm (1806-1872) and his wife and Mathilda Charlotta Eleonora von Essen (1818-1895). His father first sent him to the Turku Maritime School. In the early 1860s, he studied art at Düsseldorf with Werner Holmberg (1830-1860) and Oswald Achenbach (1827-1905) and at Karlsruhe under Hans Gude. • Illustration — Portrait by Olav Rusti, 1876 His painted landscapes were influenced by the romanticism of the Düsseldorf school, often featuring nature as a mood rather than a realistic subject. His landscape "October Evening After the First Snowfall" (1883) was purchased by Alexander III in 1885; the painting is now in the Ateneum in Helsinki. Two of his works, "The Evening, in Finland" and "The Night" were displayed at the 1878 Paris Exposition. His work "Evening of the First Spring" was also on display at the 1900 Paris Exposition. • Illustration — Portrait photograph with his dog in 1899–1905 • Illustration — 1923 silver commemorative medal of him by his son John Munsterhjelm (depicted sculpting him in the medal) He married Olga Mathilda Tanninen (1856–1929) in 1875. They had four children, one of whom was the sculptor John Munsterhjelm (1879–1925). Munsterhjelm became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1897. He kept being highly productive all the way until his death in 1905 in Helsinki. In current times his moonlight paintings are some his most famous and popular.

• Illustration — Shepherd in the Alps, 1860 • Illustration — Road in Finland, 1865 • Illustration — Peasant Woman from Bayern, 1860s • Illustration — Birches in Summer, 1869 • Illustration — Village Street in Schwartzwald, 1870 • Illustration — Landscape from Hohenaschau, 1871 • Illustration — Häme Castle, 1872 • Illustration — Winter Landscape from Tuulos, 1874 • Illustration — Woodland in Hauho, Häme • Illustration — Olavinlinna (Winter), 1870s • Illustration — Moonlight in Barösund, late 1870s • Illustration — Moonlit Night, 1883 • Illustration — October Evening After the First Snowfall, 1883 • Illustration — Morning Atmosphere (Island View), 1884 • Illustration — Moonlight, 1885 • Illustration — Crack Willows, 1897

Munsterhjelm and M. His recorded languages were Finnish and Swedish. One child is recorded: John Munsterhjelm. Other recorded relations include Ali Munsterhjelm.

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