Johann Köler 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.
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Leon BenoisAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Alexey BogolyubovAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Konstantin ThonAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Grigoriy MyasoyedovAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Orest KiprenskyAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Sylvester ShchedrinAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of ArtsAbout this person
Johann Köler 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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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1826 to 1899 · aged 73
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