Berndt Lindholm

Berndt Adolf Lindholm (20 August 1841 – 15 May 1914) was a Finnish landscape painter ( belonging to Swedish speaking population of Finland ). He is usually associated with the Düsseldorf School, but his work also displays early Impressionist elements.[1][2][3] He specialized in coastal scenes.[4]

Berndt Lindholm
Berndt Lindholm. From the Swedish Portrait Gallery XX (1901)
Born(1841-08-20)August 20, 1841
Loviisa
DiedMay 15, 1914(1914-05-15) (aged 72)
Gothenburg
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1873)
Alma materDüsseldorf School
Known forPainting

Biography

He took his first drawing lessons from Johan Knutson in Porvoo.[5] From 1856 to 1861, he attended the drawing school of the Finnish Art Society in Turku, where he studied with Robert Wilhelm Ekman.[6] From 1863 to 1865, he attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf then went to the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe for one year to continue his studies with Hans Gude.[7]

His first solo exhibition (Helsinki, 1870) was successful and, three years later, he was invited to become a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts.[3]

From 1873 to 1874, he was in Paris, where his teachers included Léon Bonnat.[8] He also came under the influence of Charles-François Daubigny and the Barbizon school. In 1876, he was awarded a medal at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and received the Finnish State Prize the following year.[9]

That same year he settled in Gothenburg and became Curator of the city art collection in 1878; a position he held until 1900.[10] He also taught at the Valand Academy and was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.[3] In addition to his painting, he provided illustrations for several works by Zacharias Topelius.[8]

His work is represented at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Turku Art Museum, Åbo Akademi University and the Gothenburg Art Museum and at museums in Norrköping and Vänersborg.[11]

Selected paintings
  • Landscape in Eastern Finland with Mounted Cossacks, 1866
    Landscape in Eastern Finland with Mounted Cossacks, 1866
  • Vallinkoski Rapid, 1872
    Vallinkoski Rapid, 1872
  • Steamboat in the Ice, 1875
    Steamboat in the Ice, 1875
  • Ship on a Stormy Sea
    Ship on a Stormy Sea
  • Oat Harvest on the Hisingen Island, 1878
    Oat Harvest on the Hisingen Island, 1878
  • View of Ladoga, 1878
    View of Ladoga, 1878
  • Forest Interior, 1878
    Forest Interior, 1878
  • Helsinki seen from Sörnäinen, 1881
    Helsinki seen from Sörnäinen, 1881
  • Shore Scene, 1882
    Shore Scene, 1882
  • Landscape from Häme, 1896
    Landscape from Häme, 1896
  • Norwegian Landscape, 1897
    Norwegian Landscape, 1897
  • Longing
    Longing
  • Rocky Hillside in a Pine Forest
    Rocky Hillside in a Pine Forest

See also

References
  1. Reitala, Aimo (13 February 2008). "Lindholm, Berndt (1841 - 1914)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. "Berndt Lindholm". Lähteillä. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. Brief biography Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine @ Kulta-Aika
  4. "Berndt Lindholm 1841—1914". nykarlebyvyer.nu. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. Teuvo Termonen, Suomalaista postikorttitaidetta (Finnish Postcard Art), Suomen Postikorttiyhdistys Apollo 2006, ISBN 952-91-9956-2
  6. "Robert Wilhelm Ekman". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  7. "The Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts)". Akademie der Künste. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. Brief biography @ Virtuuali Vuoksi (Lapeenranta University of Technology).
  9. "The Barbizon School: French Painters of Nature". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  10. Timo Huusko, Lindholm, Berndt: Koivumaisema (Birch landscape) Finnish National Gallery (2011) Online
  11. "Berndt Lindholm (1841-1914)". Bukowskis. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

Further reading
  • Jüri Kokkonen, Brita Löflund: Berndt Lindholm (exhibition catalog) Åbo konstmuseum, 1995 ISBN 952-95760-6-4
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