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Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm
Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm

Finnish, 1799 - 1881
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Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm was a Finnish painter.
Godenhjelm was born in Mäntyharju. His parents were the county surveyor Adolf Fredrik Godenhjelm and Maria Elizabeth Argillander. His wife was Alexandra Fredrika Hornborg (died 1871). Their son B. F. Godenhjelm became a teacher.

He studied landscape painting in Stockholm under Per Gustaf von Heideken, and later he studied copper drawing in Saint Petersburg. He initially began his career in the courts, where he worked as an articled clerks deputy judge in 1826. However soon after he transitioned to painting, primarily producing commissioned works for churches and portraits.

During his career, he painted dozens of altarpieces including ones for the Mäntyharju church, the Lovage church, the Liperi church (1842), the Jämsä church (1848), the Ikaalinen church (1874) and Finnish Lutheran Church in Sitka, Alaska founded by Uno Cygnaeus in 1840. Some of his works have been preserved at the Tampere Art Museum [fi] and the National Museum of Finland. Godenhjelm was head teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki drawing school from 1848 to 1869. He was an honorary member of the Artists' Association of Finland [fi] in 1864, and a board member of the Finnish Art Society from 1852 to 1868.

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Swedish Soldier And Polish Girl

Swedish Soldier And Polish Girl

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Figurative
Galatea´s Triumph

Galatea´s Triumph (1840 - 1849)

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Mythology
Oikeus Ja Viattomuus

Oikeus Ja Viattomuus (1832)

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Mythology
Glory Of Christ

Glory Of Christ

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Religion
On The Cross

On The Cross (1848)

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Religion
Resurrection Of Christ

Resurrection Of Christ

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Religion
Transfiguration Of Christ

Transfiguration Of Christ (1859)

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm (Finnish, 1799 - 1881)
Religion

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