Eero Järnefelt
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Eero Erik Nikolai Järnefelt (1863 - 1937) was a Finnish realist painter.
Eero Järnefelt was born in Viipuri, Finland. His father August Aleksander Järnefelt was an officer in the Russian army and his mother was Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg). He studied at the St. Petersburg art academy between 1883 and 1885, the same one Albert Edelfelt had studied at. Eero Järnefelts sister Aino Järnefelt married to composer Jean Sibelius in 1892,
Eero Järnefelt's sisters and brothers where Kasper, Arvid, Aino Ellida, Ellen, Armas, Hilja ja Sigrid.
He went to study in Paris in 1886 where he became friends with Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Emil Wikström and Louis Sparre. He was inspired by the plein-air and naturalistic paintings by Jules Bastien-Lepage
On a trip to Keuruu in 1889 he met actress Saimi Swan. They were married in 1890.
His most famous painting is probably The Wage Slaves (Raatajat rahanalaiset or Kaski, from 1893, External link) about slash-and-burn agriculture.
Eero Järnefelt was especially inspired by nature in Koli area, nowadays Koli National Park. Together with A.W. Finch and Ilmari Aalto he painted a large scenery about Koli in 1911. It can be seen in the restaurant of Helsinki railway station.
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- (Finnish)Illustrated biography
