Eero Järnefelt

Eero Järnefelt
Born
Erik Nikolai Järnefelt

(1863-11-08)8 November 1863
Died15 November 1937(1937-11-15) (aged 74)
NationalityFinnish
Known forPainter

Erik "Eero" Nikolai Järnefelt (8 November 1863 – 15 November 1937) was a Finnish painter and art professor. He is best known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park, in the North Karelia region of Finland. He was a medal winner at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 and 1900, taught art at the University of Helsinki and was chairman of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.