Fifure 1.--This portrait was entitled "Sailor II" and painted by Karl Emanuel Janssonin 1866. The boy does not wear a sailor suit, but apparently his hat was considered a sialor stylee. It looks to be a kind of large tam with ared pom. We note that French sailors wore these red poms. I'm not sure about Russian sailors at the time. |
We do not know much about Finnish art history and artists yet. We have virtualy no informationa about Finish artists at this time. Finland until World War I and the Russian Revolution was part of Tsasrist Russia. The only artist that we have identified so far is Karl Emanuel Jansson. Hopefully our Finish readers will provide us more information about Finnish artists.
The most famous Finnish 19th-century painter was Albert Edelfelt. He brought
attention to Finland because of his work. He was a so-called "academic"
painter, going in for figural paintings in a fairly realistic and highly
polished style. He had connections with France and was awarded the French
Legion of Honor. A portrait by Edelfelt of Louis Pasteur (1885) hangs in the
Musee d'Orsay in Paris. After being educated at the University of Helsinki,
he went to Paris and studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He was
influenced by Manet and the impressionists to some extent. Edelfelt is known
for his naturalistic style and is therefore an important source of information
about historical costume. He was fond of painting children in various family
and holiday settings. Edelfelt was the first Finnish artist to achieve
international acclaim and was an important representative of Finnish culture
abroad. His work became especially well known at the Paris Exposition in
1900.
We have noted one artist Karl Emanuel Jansson (1846-74), but we know almost nothing about him. We note one of his paintings was "Sailor Boy II" which was done in 1866. This was when the sailor suit as a outfit for boys was just beginning to become popular. The boy does not wear a sailor suit, but apparently his hat was considered a sialor stylee. It looks to be a kind of large tam with ared pom. We note that French sailors wore these red poms. I'm not sure about Russian sailors at the time. Finland at the time was part of the Russian Empire.
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