Santeri Salokivi
Finnish painter (1886–1940)
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Toivo Santeri Salokivi – Johansson until 1900 – (2 September 1886, Turku – 26 March 1940, Helsinki), was a Finnish painter and graphic artist.[1][2]
Santeri Salokivi | |
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Salokivi at Lake Garda in Italy | |
| Born | Toivo Santeri Johansson 2 September 1886 |
| Died | 26 March 1940 (aged 53) |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Impressionism |
Biography
Salokivi studied at the Turku Drawing School between 1900–1904 and thereafter in Munich and Paris. He taught at the Turku Drawing School between 1914–1917 and ran his own painting school in Helsinki between 1931 and 1933. Salokivi's works are greatly influenced by light saturation. His works include impressionistic archipelago motifs, figure compositions and finely executed etchings.[3][4]
His wife was Majsi Salokivi (1888–1953), née Maria Mattson.[1]
He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[5]
Works
Crofter, 1905
Fluttery Summer Dress, 1910[6]
View from the Bank of Aura River, 1913
Alley in Naantali, 1913
Sunset in Pargas, 1916
Café, 1918
Paris, 1919
On a Sandy Beach, 1923
Girl in the Park, 1925
Gustaf V Visiting Finland, 22 August 1925
Summer Day in Nature, 1927
Woman at the Beach, 1929
Woman on a Shore, Scene from Åland, 1932
Harvest, 1937
Fishing Huts, 1937
Towards the Sun, 1938
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