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Biography of Albert Edelfelt - Painter
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Albert Edelfelt (21 July 1854 - 18 August 1905) was a Finland-Swedish painter. Albert Edelfelt was born in Porvoo, Finland. His father Carl Albert was an architect. Edelfelt admired Johan Ludvig Runeberg who was a friend to the family. He studied in Antwerp (city)|Antwerp (1873 - 1874), Paris (1874 - 1878) and Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg (1881 - 1882). He married baroness (vapaaherratar) Ellan de la Chapelle in 1888 with whom he had one child. ==Paintings== *Queen Blanca (1877) *Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klas Fleming (1878) *A Child's Funeral (1879) *Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1885)

