Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style, Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck will be the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to the artist’s work. Featuring nearly 60 works on canvas – including generous loans from the Finnish National Gallery/Ateneum Art Museum, other Finnish museums, and private collections...
