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Helene Schjerfbeck

133 works

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Oil painting of a boy in blue feeding his little sister from a green bowl in a dark interior.

A Boy Feeding his Little Sister

1881

Painted portrait of a man with dark hair and moustache, head turned, against a green and blue background.

Einar Reuter III

1919

Painting of a young woman in a red skirt and white shawl beside a birch tree, with a log cabin and rocks in a sunny landscape

Girl from Barösund

1885

Girl Reading (Seated Girl)

1904

Painting of two stylized figures, a blonde woman in pale blue and a man in bright blue, against a dark background.

Friends

1942

Self-portrait by Helene Schjerfbeck, 1912: a woman in a dark blue collar looking sideways against a grey and yellow backgroun

Self-Portrait

1912

Loose painting of a grey building framed by dark trees and green foliage, with pale yellow ground and soft brushwork.

The Old Brewery (Composition)

1918

Stylized watercolor and pencil study of three lily-like flowers in cream, mauve and red on a brown background.

Small Lilies

1942

Portrait of a young woman with pale face, pink headscarf and lowered eyes against a dark background, painted in muted tones.

Girl from the Islands

1929

Painted self-portrait of a pale woman with blonde hair and blue eyes against a black background, wearing a white blouse.

Self-Portrait, Black Background

1915

Two women in white and dark dresses sit in a pale interior, one reading an open book, the other looking down.

Girls Reading

1907

Painting of a young woman in a gold gown being offered a glass by a man in a hat, with an older woman behind.

Glass of Lemonade, copy after Gerh. Terborch's painting

1892

The Seamstress (The Working Woman)

1905

Loosely painted frontal self-portrait of a head with angular features, dark eyes and a brown collar against a pale background

Self-Portrait, en face I

1945

Painting of a pale blond woman with red lips and a loose blue top against a muted grey-brown background.

Blond Woman

1925

The School Girl II (Girl in Black)

1908

John Chambers, copy after Hans Holbein the Younger

1894

Two Profiles (Marianne Preindlsberger in front)

1881

Painting of a young girl with a white headband bending her head toward a cluster of red flowers against a dark background.

Head of a Girl

1882

Seated woman in white dress with dark hair bun, bending over a book against a teal green background, titled Maria.

Maria

1909

Loose painting of green and yellow pears in a white oval dish against a dark brown background.

Still Life in Green

1930

Profile of a Woman (from memory)

1932

Painting of a bowed figure with face hidden under a pale wrap, set against ochre and olive colour fields.

The Gipsy Woman ; The Romani Woman

1919

Painting of a woman with a dark bob and downcast eyes, red lips and grey jacket, in muted olive and tan tones.

Göta

1933

Charcoal and watercolor study of the Virgin Mary with bowed head, closed eyes, pale veil and blue cloak.

Virgin Mary, after El Greco

1942

Loose oil sketch of a domed church tower above shrubs, red rooftops, and a bay under a pale sky.

Tammisaari Church

1890

Profile of Madonna, after El Greco (Profile of Mary Magdalen)

1943

Loose painting of a white manor house with a red roof behind green trees and a grassy field.

Sjundby Manor

1927

Warrior in Helmet

1875

Painting of three women in black shawls and a young girl, with a child in a fur hat, against a pale muted background.

Churchgoers (Easter Morning)

1895

Painting of a smiling young woman in a white dress seated beside a blue teapot, against a soft turquoise background.

Under the Linden

1911

Painting of a young woman with dark hair, eyes lowered, wearing a white blouse against a muted olive background.

Girl from California I

1919