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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 22h

Friday Finnish!!

Sörnäinen
~ Sörnäinen, Helsinki 1909-1911
Oil on cardboard
110,5 cm x 91,5 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum

Frans Wilhelm (Wilho) Sjöström 1873-1944 Finnish

He was a pupil of one Akseli Gallen-Kallela and studied arts around world, Paris, Copenhagen, Florence, London, Rome..

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 22h

Friday Finnish!!

Elsa "Ellen" Favorin (1853-1919) Finnish painter.

"Autumn Evening" c.1881.
Oil on canvas.

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 22h

Friday Finnish!!

Helene Schjerfbeck, Finnish, 1862–1946 (born in Helsinki)

Portrait of a Girl, 1928
Pencil, charcoal, and gouache on paper
36.0 × 29.0 cm
Reitz Foundation, Helsinki

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 23h

Friday Finnish!!

Wendla Irene Soldan-Brofeldt, aka Venny 1863-1945,Finnish

Depiction of Gustavian style interior of the Finnish author and poet Zacharias Topelius' retirement home in Koivuniemi

Interiööri, Koivuniemi
~ Interior, Koivuniemi 1899
Oil on canvas
35cm x 31cm

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 23h

Friday Finnish!!

Helene Schjerfbeck

( 1862 - 1946 ) Finnish painter

"Läsande Flicka" ( Reading Girl ) charcoal and gouache on paper 27 x 21,5 cm, c.1910

private collection

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 23h

Friday Finnish!!

Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art.

"Sailor from Uusimaa" c.1894.
Oil on canvas.

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 23h

Friday Finnish!!

Today in Finland 10 of October is a flag day 🇫🇮

Nuotiotarina (Seitsemästä veljeksestä)
~ Fireplace story from the book Seitsemän veljestä by Aleksis Kivi
by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906
Etching
15,5 cm × 9,9 cm

Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Finnish 1865-1931

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 23h

Friday Finnish!!

Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

Prayers 7.4 Earthquake

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 1d

Ironic that trump thinks he deserves a peace prize for brokering a deal with foreign countries while declaring war on his own….🙄🙄🙄

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 2d

Rise and Shine!

Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

And now for something completely different…

The Fisherman in Love ,1892

Ferdinand Julius Fagerlin (5 February 1825 - 19 March 1907)
Swedish-German genre painter.

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

This is not Munch’s work but that of his contemporary

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

"Nevermore." by Charles Addams (1912 – 1988)
published October 29, 1973
Watercolor, ink, and correction fluid on illustration board

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

And now for something completely different…

Carl Larsson 1853-1919 Sweden

"Esbjörn" (1910) watercolour

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe USA should become Canada’s 11th Province. They have the same gun rights, same social and economic diversity & challenges but somehow refrain from killing each other. Could it be that universal access to healthcare play a positive role?

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

Life is a series of moments, presence in each is a choice and the distinction between existence and happenstance

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 3d

Rise and Shine!

Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

And now for something completely different…

Bruno Liljefors, Swedish, 1860–1939

Nocturnal Mood with Wild Ducks, 1901
Oil on canvas
126 × 200 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

And now for something completely different…

Sophus Jacobsen (Norwegian 1833-1912) He lived in Düsseldorf in 1855 and remained a pupil of Hans Gude at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Sophus Jacobsen had a special fondness for landscape motifs in the moonlight

Night of a full moon over the harbour, 1863

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

And now for something completely different…

Hans Dahl (Norwegian, 1849–1937, born in Hardanger, Norway)
Midnight Sun over the Fjord, c. 1900
Oil on canvas
100 × 67 cm
Private collection

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

And now for something completely different…

Sunset over the Fjord," circa 1900

Eilert Adelsteen Normann 1848-1918 Norwegian painter of landscapes who invited Edvard Munch to Berlin, where he painted The Scream. His fjord paintings are credited with making the Norway a popular tourist destination

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

Omg, call the 82 Airborne!!!

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 4d

Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök

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