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Ferdinand von Wright - Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck (Male)

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

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 Slowly, he became more withdrawn and died in 1906.

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White-Tailed Eagle With Its Prey

White-Tailed Eagle With Its Prey (1861)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Mallard

Mallard (1848)

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

The Fighting Capercaillies (1886)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
Jays

Jays (1877)

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

Hazel Grouse Wallowing In Sand (1877)

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

Black Grouse (1864)

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

Black Grouse, Cock And Hen (1869)

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

Kaksi Haahkaa (1867)

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

European Herring Gull (1839)

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

Woman ‘s Head (1857 - 1858)

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

White Wagtail

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

Golden Eagle At A Cliff’s Edge (1880)

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

A Dead Wood Pigeon (1867)

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

Capercaillies Courting (1862)

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

Partridges In Snow (1895)

Ferdinand von Wright (Finnish, 1822- 1906)
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