12 Facts About Magnus Enckell

Knut Magnus Enckell was a Finnish symbolist painter.

Magnus Enckell was a leading member of the Septem group of colorist painters.

In Finland, Enckell is considered to have been a very influential symbolist artist.

Magnus Enckell was enthusiastic about the Renaissance and about the idealistic and mystical ideas of Sar Peladan.

In 1894 and 1895 Magnus Enckell traveled to Milan, Florence, Ravenna, Siena and Venice, where his inner conflicts were reflected in his art.

Together with Verner Thome and Ellen Thesleff, Magnus Enckell founded the group Septem, in which artists who shared his beliefs came together.

From 1901 onwards Magnus Enckell spent many summers on the island of Suursaari, where he painted his "Boys on the Beach".

Magnus Enckell organised exhibitions of Finnish art in Berlin and Paris, and of French and Belgian art in Helsinki.

Magnus Enckell chaired the Artists' Association of Finland from 1915 to 1918, and was elected a member of the Fine Art Academy of Finland in 1922.

In 1920, Magnus Enckell bought Villa Eka in Espoo, Finland from Ellan de la Chapelle, the wife of Albert Edelfelt.

In 1925, at the age of 55, Magnus Enckell died of pneumonia in Stockholm, Sweden, where he was hosting his own exhibition.

Magnus Enckell was buried in his native town in Finland.