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| Born | Elin Kleopatra Danielson (1861-09-03)3 September 1861 |
| Died | 31 December 1919(1919-12-31) (aged 58) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Naturalism (arts) andRealism |
| Spouse | Raffaello Gambogi |
Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (née Danielson; 3 September 1861 – 31 December 1919) was aFinnish painter, best known for her realist works and portraits. Danielson-Gambogi was part of the first generation of Finnish women artists who received professional education in art, the so-called "painter sisters' generation". The group also includedHelene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946),Helena Westermarck (1857-1938), andMaria Wiik (1853-1928).[1][2][3]
Elin Danielson was born in the small village ofNoormarkku, near the city ofPori inWestern Finland. She was the first-born child of Karl Danielson and Rosa Amalia Danielson, who both came from families of officers and officials, a middle-class background.[4] Her early years were spent on a family farm, Ala-Sihtola inIlmajoki.[4] Because of theFinnish famine of 1866–68, the farm failed and Karl Danielson went bankrupt.[4] After being forced to sell the farm, her father committed suicide.[5] Her mother, Rosa, returned to Noormarkku with her two daughters.[5] Determined to provide a decent education for her daughters, Rosa worked in a variety of jobs. Following the tragedy, and surrounded by the strong female figures of her mother, aunt, and grandmother, Danielson adapted an independent survival strategy.[4]
At the age of 15, Danielson moved toHelsinki and began studying in theAcademy of Fine Arts, where her teachers includedCarl Eneas Sjöstrand andHjalmar Munsterhjelm. In 1878, Danielson started courses withAdolf von Becker.[6][7][8]
In 1883 Danielson received a grant and moved to Paris. While there, she took lessons at theAcadémie Colarossi underGustave Courtois and painted inBrittany during the summertime. A few years later she returned to Finland and lived with her relatives in Noormarkku and Pori. In 1888 she opened anatelier in Noormarkku. During the 1880s and 1890s she worked as a teacher in several art schools around Finland.[9][10] She also attended the artists' colonyÖnningeby inÅlands.
In 1895, she received a scholarship and traveled toFlorence, Italy. A year later she moved to the village of Antignano inLivorno where she met an Italian painter 13 years younger than herself,Raffaello Gambogi (1874–1943). They began working together and got married on February 27, 1898.[5][4] They held exhibitions in Paris, Florence (where she was awarded an art prize by the city[11]) andMilan, and in many Finnish cities, and their paintings were also included in the1900 World's Fair in Paris, where she again won bronze medal. She also got to second place in the 1901 national portrait painting competition organized by the Finnish state.[11] In 1899, KingUmberto purchased a painting from her.[11] That same year, she participated in theVenice Biennale.
Their marriage was strained when Raffaello had an affair with Danielson's Finnish friendDora Wahlroos.[12][5] While the affair quickly ended, it had a lasting impact on the Gambogis' marriage.[4] She moved to Finland for a while, but returned in 1903.[12] Because ofWorld War I, her connection to her homeland was cut, and by the time she died, ofpneumonia, at Antignano in 1919, she had been mostly forgotten in Finland.[13]
Because of her choice of rare subject matters that often even caused some offence, Danielson is now seen as one of the central artists of theGolden Age of Finnish Art.[5] Danielson-Gambogi was included in the 2018 exhibitWomen in Paris 1850-1900.[14]
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