Hjalmar Munsterhjelm

Munsterhjelm was born at Toivoniemi Manor of Tuulos, Finland. He was the son of Gustaf Riggert Munsterhjelm (1806-1872) and his wife and Mathilda Charlotta Eleonora von Essen (1818-1895). His father first sent him to the Turku Maritime School. In the early 1860s, he studied art at Düsseldorf with Werner Holmberg (1830-1860) and Oswald Achenbach (1827-1905) and at Karlsruhe under Hans Gude. His work "Evening of the First Spring" was also on display at the 1900 Paris Exposition. He kept being highly productive all the way until his death in 1905 in Helsinki. ==Works==

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Shepherd in the Alps.jpg|Shepherd in the Alps, 1860 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Road in Finland.jpg|Road in Finland, 1865 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Peasant Woman from Bayern.jpg|Peasant Woman from Bayern, 1860s Munsterhjelm, Birches in Summer.jpg|Birches in Summer, 1869 Munsterhjelm, Kyläkatu Schwartzwaldissa.jpg|Village Street in Schwartzwald, 1870 Munsterhjelm, Maisema Hohen Aschausta.jpg|Landscape from Hohenaschau, 1871 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Häme Castle.jpg|Häme Castle, 1872 Munsterhjelm, Talvimaisema Tuuloksesta.jpg|Winter Landscape from Tuulos, 1874 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Woodland in Hauho, Häme.jpg|Woodland in Hauho, Häme Hjalmas Munsterhjelm - Olavinlinna (Winter).jpg|Olavinlinna (Winter), 1870s Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Moonlight in Bärosund.jpg|Moonlight in Barösund, late 1870s Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Moonlit Night.jpg|Moonlit Night, 1883 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - October Evening After the First Snowfall.jpg|October Evening After the First Snowfall, 1883 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Morning Mood (Island View) - A II 845 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg|Morning Atmosphere (Island View), 1884 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Moonlight (1885).jpg|Moonlight, 1885 Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Crack Willows - A I 618 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg|Crack Willows, 1897 ==See also==