HELENE SCHJERFBECK 1862-1946 Hèlsinki, Finland - Video

Artwork description
Helene Schjerfbeck travelled to Paris in autumn 1880 at only 18 years of age with a grant from the Finnish Imperial Senate. From winter 1881 to spring 1882, Schjerfbeck studied together with her fellow artist Helena Westermarck at the Académie Colarossi, one of whose young male models served as the subject of this oil painting Male Nude. In the 1880s, it was by no means a matter of course for female artists to be allowed to paint live models. In the history of art, it has been more customary for the male gaze to be directed at the (often nude) female. Schjerfbeck’s brush has succeeded in expressing not only the tensed muscles of the young man but also his bored downcast mien.



Tomi Moisio




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