Fredrik Ahlstedt

August Fredrik Ahlstedt (24 April 1839 Turku – 19 August 1901 Parainen) was a Finnish landscape and portrait painter.

Fredrik Ahlstedt
Born
August Fredrik Ahlstedt

(1839-04-24)24 April 1839
Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died19 August 1901(1901-08-19) (aged 62)
Parainen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland)
NationalityFinnish
Known forPainting

Biography

Born in Turku, he studied under Robert Wilhelm Ekman before continuing his studies in Düsseldorf (1869–74).[1][2] He was one of the first artists to join Victor Westerholm in the artists colony at Önningeby on the island of Åland in 1886. He and his wife Nina Ahlstedt, also a painter, returned there in subsequent years.[3][4]

Sitting in the chair at Önningebykolonin in 1886, with his wife Nina front right

Ahlstedt was a prolific painter, creating a wide range of portraits and landscapes. His work is part of permanent collections in Finland and abroad.[5] He participated in exhibitions at the Finnish Artists Exhibitions from 1892 to 1901, as well as in Stockholm (1897) and Paris (1900). A posthumous exhibition was held at the Finnish Artists Exhibition in 1924.[6]

Works
  • Winter Night, Moon Rising, unknown date
  • It Is Oh So Quiet, 1896
  • Landscape, 1889
  • A Little Bit Out of Humor, 1889
  • Summer Landscape, 1891
  • Matti Burning the Brushwood, 1893
  • Young Mother, 1893
  • Portrait of Alexander III, 1897

See also

References
  1. "Ahlstedt, Auguste Fredrik". Oxford Index. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. "August Fredrik Ahlstedt". RKD. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. "Önningebykolonin - en bortglömd konstnärsgemenskap från landskapsmåleriets guldålder" (in Swedish). Tidskriften Skärgård, Årgång 24 Nr 4. 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. Reitala, Aimo (1 July 2020). "Ahlstedt, Fredrik (1839 - 1901)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. "Ahlstedt, Fredrik s. 1839 - k. 1901" (in Finnish). Suomen Taiteilijaseuran joulualbumi 1923. 1923. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  6. "Ahlstedt, August FREDRIK" (in Finnish). Kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli. Retrieved 30 March 2017.


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