Artist
Johann Köler
Russian, 1826–1899
Johann Köler was a Russian Realism artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Hermitage Museum. Johann Köler was born in Ivaski.
Johann Köler (8 March 1826 – 22 April 1899) was a leader of the Estonian national awakening and a painter. He is considered as the first professional painter of the emerging nation. He distinguished himself primarily by his portraiture and to a lesser extent by his landscape paintings.
Some of his most notable pictures depict the Estonian rural life in the second half of the 19th century.
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