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Helene Schjerfbeck

1862 - 1946

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Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (pronounced [heˈleːn ˈʃæ̌rvbek] ; July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) was a Finnish painter. A modernist painter, she is known for her realist works and self-portraits, and also for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life, her work changed dramatically beginning with French-influenced realism and plein air painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helene Schjerfbeck has received more than 223,883 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Helene Schjerfbeck is the 191st most popular painter (up from 259th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Finland (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Painter.

Helene Schjerfbeck is most famous for her paintings of working-class women and children.

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  • 220k

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  • 66.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 191 out of 2,023. Before her are Benozzo Gozzoli, Jan Matejko, Maurice de Vlaminck, Domenichino, Hans Baldung, and Sonia Delaunay. After her are Giulio Romano, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Utamaro, Pieter de Hooch, Pietro da Cortona, and Henry Fuseli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 17. Before her are Hilma af Klint, Niko Pirosmani, Victoria of Baden, William Henry Bragg, Pyotr Stolypin, and Joseph Merrick. After her are Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Henri Pirenne, J. Bruce Ismay, Emilio Salgari, Nikolai Yudenich, and Louis Barthou. Among people deceased in 1946, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 28. Before her are Draža Mihailović, Manuel de Falla, Paul Langevin, Ferenc Szálasi, Ananda Mahidol, and Gilbert N. Lewis. After her are Andrey Vlasov, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Marx, Amon Göth, Kurt Daluege, and Felix Hoffmann.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 15 out of 751. Before her are Mika Waltari (1908), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Lars Ahlfors (1907). After her are Elias Lönnrot (1802), Mikael Agricola (1510), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832).

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Among PAINTERS In Finland

Among painters born in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck ranks 1. After her are Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Albert Edelfelt (1854), Tom of Finland (1920), Hugo Simberg (1873), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Magnus Enckell (1870), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Pekka Halonen (1865), Helena Westermarck (1857), Ellen Thesleff (1869), and Vilho Lampi (1898).

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