Albert Edelfelt
Albert Edelfelt Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (født 21. juli 1854 på herregården Kiala ved Borgå (fi: Porvoo) i Storfyrstendømmet Finland; død 18. august 1905 i sommervilla på herregården Haikos jord ved Borgå) var en finlandssvensk maler og illustrator, søn af arkitekt Carl Albert Edelfelt og Alexandra Brandt, datter af en købmand fra Borgå. Han illustrerede blandt andet digte af Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Edelfelt giftede sig 1888 med baronesse Ellan de la Chapelle. Samme år blev parrets eneste barn Erik født. 1891 flyttede familien fra Paris til Helsinki. Hans kunstneriske rejser begyndte…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Albert Edelfelt's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.