List of Finnish painters

An list of notable painters from Finland:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Ilmari Aalto (1891–1934)
• Fredrik Ahlstedt (1839–1901)
• Immanuel Alm (1767–1809), painter primarily of altarpieces
• Johan Alm (1728–1810), painter of primarily religious-themed works
• Tor Arne (born 1934)
• Helena Arnell (1697–1751), one of the first Finnish painters, and one of the few female artists

B

• Johan Backman (1706–1768)
• Adolf von Becker (1831–1909)
• Carl Bengts (1876–1934)
• Jonas Bergman (1724–1810)
• Gunnar Berndtson (1854–1895)
• Elias Brenner (1647–1717)

C

• Margareta Capsia (1682–1759), first professional native female painter in Finland
• Birger Carlstedt (1907–1975)
• Alvar Cawén (1886–1935)
• Fanny Churberg (1845–1892)
• Marcus Collin (1882–1966)

D

• Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861–1919)

E

• Albert Edelfelt (1854–1905)
• Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808–1873), teacher and painter of the Finnish romantic portraits
• Samuel Elmgren (1771–1834)
• Magnus Enckell (1870–1925)
• Cris af Enehielm (born 1954)

F

• Mauri Favén (1920–2006)
• Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg (1784–1833)
• Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle (1867–1946)
• Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin (1837–1916)

G

• Lars Gallenius (1658–1753)
• Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931)
• Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898–1939)
• Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771)
• Berndt Godenhjelm (1799–1881)
• Emanuel Granberg (1754–1797)
• Alvar Gullichsen (born 1961)

H

• Pekka Halonen (1865–1933)
• Ilona Harima (1911–1986)
• Johan Erik Hedberg (1767–1823)
• Gustaf Erik Hedman (1777–1841)
• Jonas Heiska (1873–1937)
• Werner Holmberg (1830–1860)

I

• Edvard Isto (1865–1905)

J

• Fritz Jakobsson (born 1940), portraitist
• Karl Emanuel Jansson (1846–1874)
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001), Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, and comic strip author
• Eero Järnefelt (1863–1937)

K

• Rudolf Koivu (1890–1946), painter best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children
• Väinö Kunnas (1896–1929)
• Sinikka Kurkinen (born 1935)

L

• Vilho Lampi (1898–1936)
• Claes Lang (1690–1761)
• Aleksander Lauréus (1783–1823)
• Kuutti Lavonen (born 1960)
• Nikolai Lehto (1905–1994)
• Armas Lindgren (1874–1929), architect, professor and painter
• Johan Erik Lindh (1793–1865)
• Berndt Lindholm (1841–1914)
• Erik Johan Löfgren (1825–1884)
• Sirkka-Liisa Lonka (born 1943)
• Gustaf Lucander (1724–1805)
• Amélie Lundahl (1850–1914)
• Leena Luostarinen (1949–2013)

M

• Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845), Finnish-Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble
• Totte Mannes (born 1933)
• Jaakko Mattila (born 1976)
• Bruno Maximus (born 1970)
• Nándor Mikola (1911–2006), watercolor painter
• Timo K. Mukka (1944–1973)
• Hjalmar Munsterhjelm (1840–1905)
• Helvi Mustonen (born 1947)
• Abraham Myra (1639–1684)
• Lars Myra (died 1712)
• Didrik Möllerum (1642–1702)

N

• Jochim Neiman (1600–1673)
• Eero Nelimarkka (1891–1977)
• Johannes Nevala (born 1966)

O

• Yrjö Ollila (1887–1932)
• Paul Osipow (born 1939)

P

• Kalervo Palsa (1947–1987)

R

• Mathilda Rotkirch (1813–1842)
• Jalmari Ruokokoski (1886–1936)

S

• Yrjö Saarinen (1899–1958)
• Tyko Sallinen (1879–1955)
• Santeri Salokivi (1886–1940)
• Reidar Särestöniemi (1925–1981), painter from Lapland
• Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979)
• Nils Schillmark (1745–1804)
• Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946)
• Hugo Simberg (1873–1917)
• Anita Snellman (1924–2006)
• Eero Snellman (1890–1951)
• Venny Soldan-Brofeldt (1863–1945)
• Kaj Stenvall (born 1951)
• Johan Stålbom (1712–1777)
• Léopold Survage (1879–1968), painter of Russian-Danish-Finnish descent
• Gabriel Gotthard Sweidel (1744–1813)

T

• Marjatta Tapiola (born 1951)
• Emanuel Thelning (1767–1831)
• Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954)
• Verner Thomé (1878–1953)
• Mikael Toppelius (1734–1821)
• Veikko Törmänen (born 1945)

V

• Sam Vanni (1908–1992)

W

• Isak Wacklin (1720–1758)
• Dora Wahlroos (1870–1947)
• Martta Wendelin (1893–1986)
• Victor Westerholm (1860–1919)
• Erik Westzynthius the Elder (1711–1757)
• Erik Westzynthius the Younger (1743–1787)
• Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa (1870–1946), artist and amateur egyptologist
• Maria Wiik (1853–1928)
• Ferdinand von Wright (1822–1906)
• Magnus von Wright (1805–1868), painter and ornithologist
• Wilhelm von Wright (1810–1887)
• Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (born 1949)

External links

• Articles on the painters at Finnish Wikipedia