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Ferdinand von Wright
Ferdinand von Wright

Ferdinand von Wright

Finnish, 1822- 1906
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Ferdinand von Wright was a Swedish-Finnish painter. He is best known for his landscapes and animal paintings, especially his detailed depictions of birds, but he also created still-lifes and portraits.

Ferdinand von Wright was born at the village of Haminalahti in Kuopio, Finland. His ancestors included Scottish merchants who had settled in Narva during the 17th-Century. His father Henrik Magnus von Wright was a retired Major who owned the family estate, Haminalahden.

He travelled to Sweden for the first time when he was fifteen, visiting Bohuslän Province with Wilhelm, who was working as an illustrator for the zoologist Bengt Fredrik Fries (1799–1839).

The following year, he went by himself to work for the Swedish amateur ornithologist, Count Nils Bonde, who had recently subsidized the publication of the multi-volume Svenska Fåglar, with illustrations by Magnus and Wilhelm.

After a few months back in Finland, he returned to Sweden where, in 1842, he briefly studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts with the sculptor Johan Niclas Byström (1783–1848). He went home again in 1844, having been in Sweden for almost six years. Five years later, he went to Turku, where he took some additional lessons from Robert Wilhelm Ekman (1808-1873).

In 1886 he produced his best-known painting titled The Fighting Capercaillies. In 2006 it got third place in a public vote organized by Ateneum for Finland's "national painting", and in a similar 2013 vote held by Nordic Moneta it was again voted third most significant.

He also contributed articles to various ornithological journals. About this time, he received a state artists' pension. Many former students came to visit and, in the late 1890s, the bird painter Matti Karppanen [fi] (1873–1953) stayed on to be his pupil and assistant. Slowly, he became more withdrawn and died in 1906.

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Rough-Legged Buzzard

Rough-Legged Buzzard (1832)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Jays

Jays (1877)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Kaksi Haahkaa

Kaksi Haahkaa (1867)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Magpies Round A Dead Female Capercaillie

Magpies Round A Dead Female Capercaillie (1867)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Mallard

Mallard (1848)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck (Male)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Pair Of Common Eiders On A Rock

Pair Of Common Eiders On A Rock (1869)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Partridges In Snow

Partridges In Snow (1895)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Rodents

Rodents (1893)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Hazel Grouse Wallowing In Sand

Hazel Grouse Wallowing In Sand (1877)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
The Fighting Capercaillies

The Fighting Capercaillies (1886)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
The Surprise

The Surprise (1880)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
White-Tailed Eagle With Its Prey

White-Tailed Eagle With Its Prey (1861)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
In The Islands Off Kuopio

In The Islands Off Kuopio (1878)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Landscape
Still Life In The Atelier

Still Life In The Atelier (1868)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Still Life
Still Life On A Lady’s Worktable

Still Life On A Lady’s Worktable (1868)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Still Life
Woman ‘s Head

Woman ‘s Head (1857 - 1858)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Still Life
Study of the sleeping wood pigeon

Study of the sleeping wood pigeon (1873)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Hanging Mallard

Hanging Mallard (1834)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Golden Eagle At A Cliff’s Edge

Golden Eagle At A Cliff’s Edge (1880)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
European Herring Gull

European Herring Gull (1839)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Capercaillies Courting

Capercaillies Courting (1862)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Capercaillie Cocks

Capercaillie Cocks (1876)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Black Grouse

Black Grouse (1864)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Black Grouse, Cock And Hen

Black Grouse, Cock And Hen (1869)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
An Eagle-Owl Seizes A Hare

An Eagle-Owl Seizes A Hare (1860)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
A Dead Wood Pigeon

A Dead Wood Pigeon (1867)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
White Wagtail

White Wagtail

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Animals
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait (1849 - 1852)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Figurative
Interior Of The Marieberg Workshop

Interior Of The Marieberg Workshop (1850 - 1852)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Figurative
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