Anita Snellman
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Sini Anita Kyllikki Snellman (4 September 1924 – 24 February 2006) was a Finnish painter.
Biography
Snellman was born in Helsinki on 4 September 1924.[1] She studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Helsinki, the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and at Académie Julian in Paris.[2]
After spending time in Paris, she moved to Ibiza,[1] where she bought an apartment in the late 1960s.
Snellman taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki from 1971 to 1979.[1]
She received the Pro Finlandia in 1976. In 1979 she established the Anita Snellman Foundation.[1]
Snellman died on 24 February 2006 in Helsinki.[1] She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[3]
Collections
Snellman's work is held in the following public collections in Finland:[1]
- Ateneum Art Museum
- Amos Anderson Art Museum
- Lahti Museum
- Tampere Museum for Contemporary Art
- Oulu Museum of Art
- Joensuu Art Museum
- Imatra Art Museum
- Helsinki Art Museum
- Kuopio Art Museum
- Wihuri Foundation collection
References
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Further reading
- Ahtola-Moorhouse, Leena (ed.): Anita Snellman 1924–2006. Helsinki: Anita Snellmanin säätiö, 2014. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang
External links
- Images of Anita Snellman's paintings on Bukowskis Fine Art site