Helena Arnell

Helena Arnell
Helena Arnell
	Helena Arnell by Johan Henrik Scheffel in 1733
Born	Helena Arnell-Gezelius; 1697; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	August 1, 1751 (aged 53–54); Porvoo, Sweden (now Finland)
Known for	Painting

Helena Arnell-Gezelius (1697 – 1 August 1751[1]) was one of the first painters in Finland.

She was the daughter of a Swedish nobleman Jonas Lauréntii Arnell and Helena Adlerberg.[2] In 1720 she married Johannes Gezelius the Youngest – doctor of theology and bishop of Porvoo.[2] They had a son named Johan Gezelius (later Olivecreutz).[3][4]

After her husband died in 1733,[3] Helena moved to Sauvo.[1]

Works

Portrait of Johannes Gezelius the younger
Portrait of Carl Olderman Cronstedt, 1740s

References

"Naisten Salonki". Sinebrychoffin Taidemuseo (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
"Släkten FLEMING" (PDF) (in Swedish). p. 61. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
"Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640-1852 - Johan Gezelius". Helsinki.fi - Helsingin yliopisto (in Finnish). 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
Mänttylä, Ilkka (22 February 1999). "Olivecreutz, Johan (1721 - 1804)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

External links

Media related to Helena Arnell at Wikimedia Commons

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[sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi-1] "Naisten Salonki". Sinebrychoffin Taidemuseo (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.

[tonnquist.se-2] "Släkten FLEMING" (PDF) (in Swedish). p. 61. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[helsinki.fi-3] "Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1640-1852 - Johan Gezelius". Helsinki.fi - Helsingin yliopisto (in Finnish). 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[kansallisbiografia-4] Mänttylä, Ilkka (22 February 1999). "Olivecreutz, Johan (1721 - 1804)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 9 July 2020.