main part of his home and occupy two smaller guest rooms upstairs. He made his last trip in 1881, to Orust, visiting Wilhelm, who was also ill. His work became more commercial after this and, in 1886 he produced his best-known painting titled The Fighting Capercaillies. In 2006 it got third place in a public vote organized by Ateneum for Finland's "national painting", and in a similar 2013 vote held by Nordic Moneta it was again voted third most significant. He also contributed articles to various ornithological journals. About this time, he received a state artists' pension. Many former students came to visit and, in the late 1890s, the bird painter (1873–1953) stayed on to be his pupil and assistant. Slowly, he became more withdrawn and died in 1906. Selected paintings See also Art in Finland Golden Age of Finnish Art References Further reading Anto Leikola, Juhani Lokki and Torsten Stjernberg: Von Wright -veljesten linnut (“The Birds of the von Wright Brothers”). Otava, 2003. Taiteilijaveljekset von Wright: Suomen kauneimmat lintumaalaukset (“The Artist Brothers von Wright: Finland's Most Beautiful Bird Paintings”). Otava, 1986. Wilhelm & Ferdinand von Wright dagböcker (journals). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 2008. External links More paintings and drawings by Ferdinand von Wright @ the Kansallis Galleria Von Wright's paintings of mallards, a video @ Kantti.net "Cultural Path in the Landscape of the Von Wright Brothers" 1822 births 1906 deaths People from Kuopio People from the Grand Duchy of Finland Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish people of Scottish descent 19th-century Finnish nobility Animal artists Birds in art 19th-century Finnish painters Finnish male painters 19th-century Finnish male artists