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Helene Schjerfbeck In the seaside town of Ekenäs, south-west of Helsinki, there is a name that appears wherever you go: Helene Schjerfbeck. A street lined with early-19th-century weatherboard houses is named after her and at the ‘Helene Schjerfbeck’ cafe they serve lingonberry and bitter chocolate cake with the initials HS picked out in sugar. An actor, Anne Ingman, has made it her vocation to impersonate Schjerfbeck in a floor-length black costume with a battered leather handbag and a jade brooch like one Schjerfbeck wore. She guides visitors through a park where Schjerfbeck painted, tells stories about her life and points out a modern artwork by AK Dolven - a bell high in the oak trees that can be heard across town. It is another homage to Schjerfbeck. Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) remains through the latter part of her lifetime and since her death, one of Finland’s best-loved artists. But in the UK she remains little known. A solo show at the 'Royal Academy’ of 65 paintings - she made more than 1,000 in her lifetime - is putting this right. Schjerfbeck started in the style of French naturalists such as Jules Bastien-Lepage before becoming an early modernist. ’Helene Schjerfbeck’ at the ‘Royal Academy of Arts’ July 20 — 27 October 27, 2019. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #heleneschjerfbeck #artist #painter #selfportrait #exhibition #royalacademyofart #ekenäs #helsinki #ateneumnationalgallery #finland #avertedgaze #helenawestermarck #mariawiik #adathilén #målarsystrarna (at Royal Academy of Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HOzL3g1DD/?igshid=1d2d1dvv40964