Samuel Elmgren

Finnish painter
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IntroFinnish painter
PlacesFinland
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1771, Turku, Finland
Death1834 (aged 63 years)
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Biography

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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