Helena Arnell Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naisten Salonki. Sinebrychoffin Taidemuseo. https://web.archive.org/web/20071008010501/http://www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi/naistensalonki/artists_europe_suomi.htm. 8 October 2007. fi.
  2. Web site: Släkten FLEMING. 23 July 2016. 61. sv.
  3. Web site: Mänttylä . Ilkka . Olivecreutz, Johan (1721–1804) . Kansallisbiografia . 9 July 2020 . 22 February 1999.
  4. Web site: Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640-1852 - Johan Gezelius. Helsinki.fi - Helsingin yliopisto. 23 July 2016. fi. 2005.