Ellen Favorin

Ellen Favorin (1853–1919) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish painter. After attending the painting schools in Helsinki and Stockholm, she continued her studies in Munich, Düsseldorf and at the Académie Julien in Paris. She often painted landscapes and was one of the artists who joined Victor Westerholm in the artists colony at Önningeby on the island of Åland.[1] She died together with her sister in a fire at their home in Lohja in 1919.[2]

Ellen Favorin
Ellen Favorin: Geta Bergen (1899)

References
  1. "Önningebykolonin - en bortglömd konstnärsgemenskap från landskapsmåleriets guldålder" (in Swedish). Tidskriften Skärgård, Årgång 24 Nr 4. 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. "Favorin, Ellen" (in Finnish). Kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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