
Albert EdelfeltFinlande, 1854–1905Peut-on la contempler ?
Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie
Elle appartient à la collection, mais n’est pas présentée en ce moment.
early 1880s
A step towards Impressionism
Edelfelt took up features of Impressionism — parks, gardens and the seashore, intimate domestic scenes, the play of light on figures, rapid execution — yet, true to his realist training, never became a full Impressionist and kept his precise detail.
1883 · Distinction
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
1886
The Pasteur portrait triumphs at the Paris Salon
The portrait of Pasteur in his laboratory, painted in 1885 with the scientist — who had a good sense of public relations — helping to plan it, was a great success at the Salon of 1886 and became one of the most familiar images of him. It earned the painter the Legion of Honour.
1886 · Distinction
Knight of the Legion of Honour