Emil Cedercreutz

Emil Cedercreutz
Born	(1879-05-16)16 May 1879 Köyliö, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	28 January 1949(1949-01-28) (aged 69) Harjavalta, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Alma mater	Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Known for	Sculptor, silhouette artist

Emil Herman Robert Cedercreutz (16 May 1879 – 28 January 1949), was a Finnish Baron, sculptor and silhouette artist best known of his horse sculptures. He was a member of the Cedercreutz family.

Life

Cedercreutz was born in the Köyliönkartano Manor and studied in the Finnish Art Society's Drawing School in Helsinki and later in Brussels 1903–1904, Rome 1904–1905 and in Académie Julian in Paris from 1906 to 1909. He was influenced by the sculptors like Charles van der Stappen, Constantin Meunier ja Auguste Rodin as well as the Tolstoyan movement.

Emil Cedercreutz, c. 1910

In 1914 Cedercreutz started working in his new atelier by the river Kokemäenjoki in the municipality of Harjavalta. Cedercreutz was also collecting historical artifacts from the countryside of Satakunta province. 1916 he established a museum in Harjavalta, known today as the Emil Cedercreutz Museum, showing collections of Cedercreutz's work, cultural history and temporary art exhibitions.

Works

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  Aprés la tâche, 1904
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  Äestäjä (Harrower), 1920
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  Reliefs Time and Eternity, 1920
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  Memorial to those fallen in the Finnish Civil War, by the Central Pori Church, 1920
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  Arcum Tendit Apollo, 1924, Helsinki
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  Crying Girl, 1928
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  Maternal love, 1928, Helsinki

External links

• Emil Cedercreutz Foundation (in Finnish)
• Emil Cedercreutz Museum (in Finnish)