Adolf von Becker

Painting, Visual Artist

1831 – 1909

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Who was Adolf von Becker?

Adolf von Becker was a Finnish painter.

Adolf von Becker was a realist painter and one of the first Finnish artists to receive training in France. In Paris he was a pupil of the realist innovator Gustave Courbet. Becker opened his own school in Finland where he taught painters such as Helene Schjerfbeck, Albert Edelfelt and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

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Born
1831
Helsinki
Profession
Lived in
  • Helsinki
Died
1909
Vevey

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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