Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt, 1854-1905

 

The Parisienne (Virginie), Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt, 1854-1905, Finnish painter and illustrator, Joensuu Art Museum.

Parisienne, 1885


At the Piano, 1884

Reading Parisienne, 1880


Young Woman with a Fan



Kukkaistyttö, 1884

Female Nude, Study, 1874

Good Friends (Portrait of the Artist's Sister Bertha Edelfelt) , 1881

Kohtaus tanssiaisissa, 1884


Chez L'Artiste (Les Gravures), 1881



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