From 5 December 2025 to five April 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork the exhibition “Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck”
Supply: Metropolitan Museum of Artwork · Picture: Helene Schjerfbeck, “Self-Portrait”, 1912.
Beloved in Nordic nations for her extremely unique type, Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) is comparatively unknown to the remainder of the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork’s Seeing Silence: The Work of Helene Schjerfbeck would be the first main exhibition in the USA devoted to the artist’s work. That includes almost 60 works on canvas—together with beneficiant loans from the Finnish Nationwide Gallery / Ateneum Artwork Museum, different Finnish museums, and personal collections in Finland and Sweden—the exhibition will probably be on view December 5, 2025, by way of April 5, 2026.
Born in Helsinki, Schjerfbeck witnessed civil warfare and two World Wars in addition to the burgeoning of Finland’s nationwide id following independence from Russian rule in 1917. Regardless of many private hardships, Schjerfbeck by no means wavered in her dedication to pursue her ardour, portray for many of her life in a distant Nordic nation, far faraway from Europe’s facilities of cultural upheaval and renewal. She as soon as stated resolutely, “All that I desire to do is to paint….there is always something to conquer.”
The exhibition is made attainable by Elsa A. Brule. This exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in collaboration with the Finnish Nationwide Gallery / Ateneum Artwork Museum.
“Seeing Silence highlights the work of an extraordinary artist who, though long celebrated in Norway and Sweden as the most outstanding female painter of her time, has not yet achieved well-deserved visibility on this side of the Atlantic,” stated Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Govt Officer. “The exhibition invites audiences here to experience Helene Schjerfbeck’s mesmerizing works and distinctive vision for the first time at a major U.S. museum, showcasing the remarkable perspective and introspection of an artist wholly dedicated to her craft over the course of eight decades.”
