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Seeing silence : the paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck /

"Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style, Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Overcoming immense personal struggles and working in a remote location for decades, she produced a powerful body of work through sheer force...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (hosting institution,)
Other Authors: Amory, Dita, 1954- (Contributor, Curator), Berman, Patricia G. (Contributor), Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von (Contributor), Bretagne, Zoe de (Contributor), Centeno, Silvia A. (Contributor), Hale, Charlotte, 1959- (Contributor), Hollein, Max (Interviewer, writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2025]
Subjects:
Schjerfbeck, Helene, > 1862-1946 > Exhibitions.
Painting, Finnish > 19th century > 20th century.
Figurative painting > 19th century > 20th century.
Portrait painting > 19th century > 20th century.
Women painters > Finland > 19th century > 20th century.
Peinture finlandaise > 19e siècle > 20e siècle.
Peinture figurative > 19e siècle > 20e siècle.
Peinture de portraits > 19e siècle > 20e siècle.
Femmes peintres > Finlande > 19e siècle > 20e siècle.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
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Summary:"Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style, Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Overcoming immense personal struggles and working in a remote location for decades, she produced a powerful body of work through sheer force of will. This exhibition affirms her rightful place in the story of modern art. Following Schjerfbeck's journey from art school in Paris to her final days in Sweden, the exhibition illustrates her shift from traditional and realistic subjects to a simplified, spare style. In the early 1900s, using her mother and neighbors as models, she painted abstractly, paring down her subjects in form and color and developing a bold, new language. Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck is the first exhibition to showcase the work of the artist in a major United States museum. Featuring nearly 60 works--including generous loans from the Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum, other Finnish museums, and private collections in Finland and Sweden--Seeing Silence illuminates Schjerfbeck as a valuable voice of modernism." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website
Item Description:"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 5, 2025, through April 5, 2026."--Colophon
Physical Description:187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-183) and index
ISBN:9781588398079
1588398072