Johann Köler (8 March 1826 – 22 April 1899) was a leader of the Estonian national awakening and a painter. He is considered as the first professional painter of the emerging nation. He distinguished himself primarily by his portraiture and to a lesser extent by his landscape paintings. Some of his most notable pictures depict the Estonian rural life in the second half of the 19th century.
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8 March 1826 Ivaski, present-day Estonia
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Died |
22 April 1899 (aged 73) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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