In 1890,Schjerfbeck settled in Finland. Teaching exhausted her, she did not like thework of other local painters, and she was further isolated when she took on thecare of her mother . If I allow myself the freedomto live a secluded life , she wrote, then it is because it has to bethat way. In 1902, Schjerfbeck and her mother settled in the small,industrial town of Hyvinkaa, 50 kilometres north of Helsinki. Isolation had onedesired effect for it was there that Schjerfbeck became a modern painter. Sheproduced still lives and landscapes but above all moody yet incisive portraitsof her mother, local school girls, women workers in town . And ofcourse she painted herself. Comparisons have been made with James McNeillWhistler and Edvard Munch. But from 1905, her pictures became pure Schjerfbeck.
I havealways searched for the dense depths of the soul, that have not yet discoveredthemselves , she wrote, where everything is still unconscious-thereone can make the greatest discoveries. She experimented with differentkinds of underpainting, scraped and rubbed, made bright rosy red spots; doingwhatever had to be done to capture the subconscious-her own and that of hermodels. In 1913, Schjerfbeck was rediscovered by an art dealer and journalist,Gosta Stenman. Once again she was a success. Retrospectives, touringexhibitions and a biography followed, yet Schjerfbeck remained little knownoutside Scandinavia. That may have had something to do with her indifference toher renown. I am nothing, absolutely nothing , she wrote. AllI want to do is paint . Schjerfbeck was possessed of a unique vision, andit is time the world recognised that.
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