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Nationality
  
Name
  
Sam Vanni

Died
  

Sam Vanni Sommitelma sold by Hagelstam Helsinki on Saturday

Full Name
  
Samuel Besprosvanni

Born
  
6 July 1908 (
1908-07-06
)

Known for
  
Painting, Graphics, Sculpture

Spouse(s)
  
Maya London (1941–1958)Paula Saarenheimo (1960–)

Awards
  
Order of the Lion of Finland

Sam Vanni (till 1941 Samuel Besprosvanni; 6 July 1908 – 20 October 1992) was a Finnish painter. He is considered to be the pioneer of abstract art in Finland.

Sam Vanni Sam Vanni Amos Anderson Art Museum

Samuel Besprosvanni was born in Vyborg. His parents were fur trader Aron Besprosvanni and Rakel Stoler. Samuel was multi-lingual since his early childhood. Family's language at home was Yiddish, but Samuel went to a Swedish school and most of his friends were speaking Finnish. The Besprosvanni family moved to Helsinki in 1921 and in 1927 Samuel started studies in the Academy of Fine Arts. Later he studied in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence and was a private student of the sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen. In 1931 his works were displayed in an annual Finnish Art Society exhibition.

Sam Vanni Artworks of Sam Vanni Finnish 1908 1992

From 1938 to 1939 Vanni lived in London and Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian and Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In the 1940s Vanni started to move towards more abstract art. He was especially influenced by French artists like Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard. Sam Vanni was an active painter until his death in 1992. He was awarded by the Pro Finlandia and invited in the Academy of Finland in 1964.

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He is of Jewish origin.

Sam Vanni Sam Vanni Finnish painter of Russian Jewish origin 1908 1992

Sam Vanni Sam Vanni Sommitelma 1952 guassi 31x43 cm Hagelstam Art

Sam Vanni Nyttelyarvio Sam Vanni ty ja opetus Uusi Suomi

Sam Vanni Sam Vanni Bukowskis

Sam Vanni Sam Vanni Bukowskis

References

Sam Vanni Wikipedia


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