Ada Maria Thilen was a Finnish painter known for her landscapes.
13 Facts About Ada Thilen
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Ada Thilen's left eye was damaged from birth, and she had to use a glass eye for the rest of her life.
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Ada Thilen's father was the Senate Treasury Chamber Councilor Julius Gustaf Reinhold Thilen and her mother was Vilhelmina Angelika Elisabet Ehrnrooth.
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Ada Thilen went on painting trips, including Brittany in 1886.
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Ada Thilen participated in exhibitions of Finnish Artists in 1893,1895,1897,1900,1901,1903,1906 and 1924.
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Ada Thilen painted landscapes and portraits in oils and worked in pastel and watercolor.
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Ada Thilen's works are stylistically representative of French realism of the 1880s, which had Italian influences.
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Ada Thilen continued to use a glass eye and this did not seem to affect her success as an artist.
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Ada Thilen had a long friendship with three other female artists: Helene Schjerfbeck, Maria Wiik and Helena Westermarck.
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Ada Thilen debuted as an artist in 1876, initially representing landscapes, with an idealistic and romantic vision of art, influenced by her first teachers.
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Ada Thilen used oil paints, as well as watercolors and pastels, and her works were usually small in size and nature-themed.
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Ada Thilen's work is characterized by simplicity, emotion and mastery of drawing and color.
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Ada Thilen made trips to several destinations, in which she dedicated herself to painting landscapes and portraits.