Santeri Salokivi Explained

Santeri Salokivi
Birth Name:Toivo Santeri Johansson
Birth Date:2 September 1886
Birth Place:Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland
Nationality:Finnish
Field:Painter
Movement:Impressionism

Toivo Santeri SalokiviJohansson until 1900 – (2 September 1886, Turku – 26 March 1940, Helsinki), was a Finnish painter and graphic artist.[1] [2]

Biography

Salokivi studied at the between 1900–1904 and thereafter in Munich and Paris. He taught at the Turku Drawing School between 1914–1917 and ran his own painting school in Helsinki between 1931 and 1933. Salokivi's works are greatly influenced by light saturation. His works include impressionistic archipelago motifs, figure compositions and finely executed etchings.[3] [4]

His wife was Majsi Salokivi (1888–1953), née Maria Mattson.[1]

He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anttonen . Erkki . Salokivi, Santeri (1886–1940) . Kansallisbiografia . 22 August 2020 . 9 October 2006.
  2. Web site: Santeri Salokivi . Artist Registry . Artists' Association of Finland . 22 August 2020.
  3. News: Nevaluoma . Kari-Otso . Taide-etsivä Maria Ekman-Kolari löysi Santeri Salokiven teoksia hylätystä varastosta: "70 vuotta pimennossa olleet maalaukset pääsevät vihdoin esille" . 22 August 2020 . Meillä Kotona . 23 August 2018.
  4. News: Paananen . Karoliina . Kuolinpesän vintillä odotti taidekonsulttia jymylöytö – signeeraukset paljastivat arvon, ja nyt myös Ateneumista on käyty ostoksilla . 22 August 2020 . Ilta-Sanomat . 3 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia. Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. 27 August 2016.