Adolf von Becker

Adolf von Becker (1831, Helsinki – 1909, Vevey, Switzerland) was a Finnish painter.

Adolf von Becker was a realist painter and one of the first Finnish artists to receive training in France. In Paris he was a pupil of the realist innovator Gustave Courbet. Becker opened his own school in Finland where he taught painters such as Helene Schjerfbeck, Albert Edelfelt and Akseli Gallen-Kallela. [ [http://www.turuntaidemuseo.fi/arkisto/enoldnyt29becker.shtml] Adolf von Becker at the Turku Art Museum. Retrieved Jan. 29, 2008.]

External links

* [http://www.fng.fi/fng/html4/en/ateneum/guide/cont/chap6/sect1/page56.htm Adolf von Becker's Maternal Joy Analysis]
* [http://www.turuntaidemuseo.fi/arkisto/enoldnyt29becker.shtml Adolf von Becker at the Turku Art Museum]
* [http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=283 Adolf von Becker at Art Renewal Center]

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