About Samuel Elmgren
Lived 1771 – 1834 (aged 62–63). Samuel Elmgren was a Finnish painter.
Samuel Elmgren (1771–1834) was a Finnish painter.
Elmgren was born in Turku. He was commissioned to primarily paint religious-themed murals and altarpieces for churches. Between 1830 and 1832 he painted the church of Ilomantsi with one hundred angels, a number of bible characters and stories, and also the altarpiece. His works also include altar paintings and decorations for the Leppävirta church, and the altarpiece for the Kiihtelysvaara wooden church in 1831. He died at Ilomantsi in 1834.
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Who was Samuel Elmgren?
Finnish painter (1771-1834)
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Samuel Elmgren was born in 1771 in Turku.
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Samuel Elmgren died in 1834.
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Samuel Elmgren was a painter.
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Samuel Elmgren was Finnish.
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