49:
20:
166:
190:
154:
178:
60:, and came from a family of farmers; his father was an innkeeper. His first art lessons were taken in Helsinki from a decorative artist named Karl Hellsten. From 1895 to 1896 he continued his studies at the "Finnish Art Society Drawing School" (now the
138:, who was also a painter, but they had to give up the property at the outbreak of World War I. In 1914, he and his wife went to Jyväskylä, where he painted cityscapes and interiors. After the war (from 1918 to 1927), they lived in
120:, a time known as the "Ensimmäinen sortokausi" (First Period of Oppression). During this time, he helped thwart Russian censorship by helping to smuggle in banned literature from Sweden.
87:. In addition to his paintings and drawings, he designed furniture, rugs, book covers and small buildings. Among the buildings he designed are a cabin and wooden storehouse in
109:
Despite being of
Swedish ancestry, he was a great admirer and promoter of Finnish folk-culture. He was also associated with "Septem", a group of artists who introduced French
335:
128:
96:
304:
375:
355:
345:
235:
292:
350:
340:
288:
165:
370:
380:
61:
330:
106:) and a residence for the ski manufacturer Julius Uusitupa (1878-1950) on Salmi Beach, near Jyväskylä (1929).
84:
360:
220:
365:
189:
33:
76:
325:
320:
232:
177:
153:
8:
263:
124:
284:
69:
117:
88:
239:
133:
116:
After 1900, he became an activist against the administration of
Governor-General
314:
110:
101:
139:
92:
37:
279:
Marianne
Koskimes-Envall, Antti Bengts, Jaako Linkamo and Dan Holm,
57:
251:
80:
48:
19:
65:
283:(light speaks), Pohjanmaa museo/Tampere taidemuseon, 2007
68:
from 1897 to 1898 where he also took private lessons from
142:, then returned to Jyväskylä, where he died in 1934.
336:
People from Vaasa
Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
127:, which he planned to cultivate with his brother
312:
307:by Päijänne Studios (probably still copyrighted)
95:(1907, designed together with the sculptor,
298:
47:
18:
40:style who specialized in rural themes.
32:(2 April 1876 – 10 October 1934) was a
313:
145:
79:after 1899 and helped him to produce
64:), then attended a similar school in
216:
214:
212:
210:
13:
273:
91:(1900); the "Villa Helkavuori" in
14:
392:
376:Finnish people of Swedish descent
356:20th-century Finnish male artists
346:19th-century Finnish male artists
75:He became a student assistant to
305:Photograph of Carl Bengts (1934)
207:
188:
176:
164:
152:
123:Later, he acquired an estate in
83:for the Finnish pavilion at the
257:
245:
226:
1:
351:20th-century Finnish painters
341:19th-century Finnish painters
200:
85:Exposition Universelle (1900)
43:
7:
223:@ the Tampereen Taidemuseo.
10:
397:
195:Oscar Leaning on a Shovel
16:Finnish-Swedish painter
371:Swedish-speaking Finns
299:External links/sources
281:Carl Bengts:Valo puhuu
53:
26:
381:Finnish male painters
266:@ Kansallisbiografia.
77:Akseli Gallen-Kallela
51:
22:
62:Academy of Fine Arts
52:Self-portrait (1904)
361:Landscape painters
331:People from Närpes
264:Biographical notes
252:Biographical notes
238:2007-09-10 at the
146:Selected paintings
54:
27:
289:978-952-5057-25-6
183:A Street at Night
171:"Rossini's Alley"
70:Victor Westerholm
30:Carl Johan Bengts
388:
293:Full text online
267:
261:
255:
249:
243:
230:
224:
218:
192:
180:
168:
159:A Family Reading
156:
137:
118:Nikolay Bobrikov
105:
396:
395:
391:
390:
389:
387:
386:
385:
311:
310:
301:
276:
274:Further reading
271:
270:
262:
258:
254:@ Wikiaineisto.
250:
246:
240:Wayback Machine
233:Brief biography
231:
227:
221:Brief biography
219:
208:
203:
196:
193:
184:
181:
172:
169:
160:
157:
148:
131:
99:
56:He was born in
46:
36:painter in the
34:Finnish-Swedish
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
394:
384:
383:
378:
373:
368:
366:Genre painters
363:
358:
353:
348:
343:
338:
333:
328:
323:
309:
308:
300:
297:
296:
295:
275:
272:
269:
268:
256:
244:
225:
205:
204:
202:
199:
198:
197:
194:
187:
185:
182:
175:
173:
170:
163:
161:
158:
151:
147:
144:
45:
42:
25:(date unknown)
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
393:
382:
379:
377:
374:
372:
369:
367:
364:
362:
359:
357:
354:
352:
349:
347:
344:
342:
339:
337:
334:
332:
329:
327:
324:
322:
319:
318:
316:
306:
303:
302:
294:
290:
286:
282:
278:
277:
265:
260:
253:
248:
242:@ Avoinmuseo.
241:
237:
234:
229:
222:
217:
215:
213:
211:
206:
191:
186:
179:
174:
167:
162:
155:
150:
149:
143:
141:
135:
130:
126:
121:
119:
114:
112:
111:Impressionism
107:
103:
98:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
73:
71:
67:
63:
59:
50:
41:
39:
35:
31:
21:
280:
259:
247:
228:
140:Kristinestad
122:
115:
113:to Finland.
108:
74:
55:
29:
28:
326:1934 deaths
321:1876 births
132: [
100: [
23:Carl Bengts
315:Categories
201:References
97:Alpo Sailo
93:Kauniainen
44:Biography
38:Modernist
236:Archived
89:Lempäälä
81:frescoes
287:
125:Ekenäs
58:Närpes
136:]
129:Oscar
104:]
66:Turku
285:ISBN
291:,
317::
209:^
134:fi
102:fi
72:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
