HANNA FROSTERUS-SEGERSTRÅLE, "A LITTLE PATIENT".
Sign. 1889. Oil on canvas 59.5x74.5 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Crazing.
Provenance
Ina Strömberg won the painting in art lottery. Been in the same family since.
Exhibitions
"The Artist in the children's room", Porvoo Art Museum 2017.
"Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle", Hämeenlinna Art Museum 2002.
"Three Generations", Tammisaari Museum 1987, Galerie Hörhammer 1980.
"Realism", Ateneum 1962.
Literature
Tutta Palin: Oireiliva miljöömuotokuva. Illustrated on page 133.
"Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle", Hämeenlinna Art Museums publications 1/2002. Illustrated on page 27.
More information
"The basic features of the painting are its clear lines and solid form. Though completed in 1889, the development of the layout is already evident from preliminary studies dating from two years earlier. Offered as a raffle prize immediately on completion, the painting was never officially exhibited or appraised, remaining unknown to the public until finally forming part of an exhibition to mark the artist’s 70th birthday in 1937.
The most instructive and intensive period for the growth of Hanna Frosterus as an artist was probably the two years that followed her first train journey to Paris in January 1888, and she created her two most important works on returning to Finland."
-"Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle", Hämeenlinna Art Museums publications 1/2002.
