#albert edelfelt

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Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) "The Parisienne (Virginie)" (1883) Oil on canvas Realism

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Woman in a boat, 1886

Albert Edelfelt

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Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905) Advent, ca.1890–1905

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Albert Edelfelt

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Revelation Of Angels To Shepherds, 1899 by Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854–1905)

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Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905, Finnish) ~ Kaukolanharju at Sunset, 1889-90 

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Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854 - 1905) • The Laundry • 1893

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Albert Edelfelt | Scala Regalia

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Albert Edelfelt

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Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854 - 1905) • Self-Portrait in 17th Century Costume • 1889

Why did the 19th century artist Albert Edelfelt choose to paint his self-portrait wearing 17th century attire? Having read a bit about him, I've concluded that it was a type of artistic rebellion against having to paint women in order to make a proper living. He both loved and hated his female subjects and much preferred the valiant, heroic qualities of brave men; qualities he felt he lacked.

Here is a portrait of model Virginie, with whom Edelfelt was rumored to have had an affair.

" The worst thing is that I am so fed up with these so-called Parisian subjects, these little women (petites femmes), that I can no longer bear to see without thinking of all the wretched painting, superficial and cute, that one has to do with them. The models look all the same to me; I can achieve neither veracity or character when I paint them; their poses, always the same, annoy me, and that false prettyish elegance drives me insane. " – Albert Edelfelt

Sources:

The Russias wordpress blog

InsideArt: Artists Painting Themselves Painting Revisited

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Stormskerry Maja (2024), dir. Tiina Lymi Albert Edelfelt, Conveying the Child's Coffin (A Child's Funeral) 1879

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Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) "At Sea" (1883) Oil on canvas Realism Located in the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Youth And A Mermaid, Sketch, 1896 Albert Edelfelt

Mermaid Mondays

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Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905) Seated Man, academy study, 1875 Finnish National Gallery

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Albert Edelfelt

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Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia by Edelfelt.