Helena Arnell | |
Birth Name: | Helena Arnell-Gezelius |
Birth Date: | 1697 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Place: | Porvoo, Sweden (now Finland) |
Field: | Painting |
Helena Arnell-Gezelius (1697 – 1 August 1751[1]) was one of the first painters in Finland (then part of Sweden).
She was the daughter of a Swedish nobleman Jonas Lauréntii Arnell and Helena Adlerberg.[2] In 1720 she married – doctor of theology and bishop of Porvoo.[2] They had a son named (later Olivecreutz).[3]
After her husband died in 1733,[4] Helena moved to Sauvo.[1]