Published to accompany a major retrospective at the Royal Academy, running from 20 July to 27 October 2019, the first time her works have been seen in London since 1890
Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff is chief curator at the Ateneum Art Museum / Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki. Rebecca Bray is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Desiree de Chair is an art historian and curator. Jeremy Lewison is an art historian and curator. He was formerly Director of Collections at Tate.
Her paintings of her mother, which irresistibly recall Whistler are
wonderful: affectionate without being sentimental and with a
daughter's eye to detail.... This is an overdue tribute to a very
considerable artist.--Melanie McDonagh "Evening Standard "
[T]here's a 'modern' aspect to many of Schjerfbeck's images. Right
from the off, the women in her portraits look alive, real and
healthy.... This is what makes Schjerfbeck fascinating. Instead of
tapering off into rehearsed formulas, her art gets better as it
heads from start to finish.--Rosemary Waugh "Time Out " an utterly
riveting view of the Finnish Munch... you are in for the most
wonderfully striking surpise.--Rachel Campbell-Johnston "New York
Times "
Her paintings of her mother, which irresistibly recall Whistler are
wonderful: affectionate without being sentimental and with a
daughter's eye to detail.... This is an overdue tribute to a very
considerable artist.--Melanie McDonagh "Evening Standard "
[T]here's a 'modern' aspect to many of Schjerfbeck's images. Right
from the off, the women in her portraits look alive, real and
healthy.... This is what makes Schjerfbeck fascinating. Instead of
tapering off into rehearsed formulas, her art gets better as it
heads from start to finish.--Rosemary Waugh "Time Out "
an utterly riveting view of the Finnish Munch... you are in for the
most wonderfully striking surpise.--Rachel Campbell-Johnston "New
York Times "
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