Girl from California, Helene Schjerfbeck Cushion

Helene Schjerfbeck was a modernist Finnish painter 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. It gradually evolved towards portraits and still life paintings and she became a modernist painter. Her work has been compared to that of artists such as James McNeill Whistler and Edvard Munch, but from 1905 her paintings took on a character that was hers alone. She continued experimenting with various techniques such as using different types of underpainting. Customise it with your own details.The background can be changed or deleted For further customisation, please click the "Personalise” link and use our design tool to modify this template.