Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Artist Info

About Hjalmar Munsterhjelm

  • Biography

    Magnus Hjalmar Munsterhjelm was the first Finnish artist to complete his training at a German academy, but one of the many Scandinavians to learn landscape painting in this country. He was a sailor before enrolling at the academy in Düsseldorf from 1860-1865, studying under Oswald Achenbach, among others. He continued his training is Karlsruhe, first at the academy, and then as a private pupil of H. F. Gude, who had also been one of his teachers in Düsseldorf.

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