Elin Danielson-Gambogi is considered one of the most talented representatives in Finland for the French open air painting and naturalism during the 1880s and 90s. Her production mainly includes landscape, still life and portraits.

Elin Danielson distinguished herself from the other female artists of her generation through her unconventional way of living: a modern independent woman who traveled alone and sometimes lived alone in Paris occasionally.

She was born in Norrmark in Satakunda and spent most of her childhood in Ilmola in Ostrobothnia. The father committed suicide as a result of financial problems and left his wife alone with two small daughters. With the support of her mother's family, she started her...