Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg

Finnish painter

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1784

Place of Birth: Pargas, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 28-Jun-1833

Profession: painter

Nationality: Finland, Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg (21 November 1784 – 28 June 1833) was a Finnish painter. Finnberg was born in Pargas to a poor family.
At the age of 17 he studied painting, and in 1805 he took and passed the Handicraft Painters Guild apprentice examination in Turku.
He spent the years 1806 to 1820 in Stockholm, where he studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, although he never graduated.
While his primary interest was historical paintings, he made his living through painting portraits.
He also executed some miniatures and landscape works.
The painter Robert Wilhelm Ekman studied under Finnberg in early 1824. Many of his works were destroyed by the Great Fire of Turku, which affected Finnberg's life and career.
He left Turku and went to Stockholm afterwards in 1824.
Other than some works inspired by the fire, Finnberg struggled to make a living as an artist until his death on 28 June 1833.



Alternative names	Kustaa Wilhelm Finnberg; Gustav Wilhelm Finnberg; Kustaa Finnberg; G. Finnberg; Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg; G. W. Finnberg
Description	Finnish painter
Date of birth/death	24 November 1784	28 June 1833
Location of birth/death	Parainen, Finland	Stockholm, Sweden
Work location	Finland and Sweden
Authority control	: Q5731022 VIAF: 40442509 ISNI: 0000 0000 6682 1662 ULAN: 500001763 LCCN: nr98024954 Open Library: OL1112100A WorldCat