2 0 , ▁ 1 9 1 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Finn ish ▁painter . ▁ ▁Biography ▁She ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁O ulu , ▁the ▁young est ▁of ▁eleven ▁children . ▁Her ▁mother ▁died ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁three ▁months ▁old ▁and ▁her ▁father , ▁Abraham , ▁a ▁Town ▁Represent ative ▁( public ▁pro sec utor ) ▁died ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁eight . ▁From ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁she ▁attended ▁the ▁" S vens ka ▁Priv at sk olan " ▁in ▁O ulu . ▁From ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁she ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts , ▁Hels ink i , ▁with ▁a ▁brief ▁stay ▁at ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁and ▁Design ▁in ▁Stockholm , ▁which ▁was ▁made ▁possible ▁by ▁a ▁travel ▁grant . ▁ ▁Another ▁travel ▁grant ▁enabled ▁her ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁Paris , ▁where ▁she ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁Julian ▁with ▁Tony ▁Robert - F le ury , ▁among ▁others , ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁to ▁ 1 8 8 1 . ▁She ▁stayed ▁there ▁for ▁twelve ▁years ▁altogether , ▁and ▁Brit t any ▁became ▁her ▁favorite ▁location ▁for ▁painting . ▁After ▁returning ▁to ▁Finland ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁she ▁and ▁Victor ▁West er holm ▁helped ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁" Ö n ning eb y kol on in ", ▁an ▁art ▁col ony ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Ö n ning eb y ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁Å land ▁Islands . ▁