Facts: - death place: saltsjobaden , sweden - signature: helene schjerfbeck signature.jpg - birth name: helena sofia schjerfbeck - death date: 23 january 1946 - field: painting - birth date: 10 july 1862 - name: helene schjerfbeck - movement: naturalism -lrb- arts -rrb- , realism and expressionism - nationality: finnish - image: helene schjerfbeck.jpeg - birth place: helsinki , grand duchy of finland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of helene schjerfbeck .
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helene schjerfbeck -lrb- july 10 , 1862 -- january 23 , 1946 -rrb- was a finnish painter .she is most widely known for her realist works and self-portraits , and less well known for her landscapes and still lifes .throughout her long life , her work changed dramatically .'' her work starts with a dazzlingly skilled , somewhat melancholic version of late-19th-century academic realism ... it ends with distilled , nearly abstract images in which pure paint and cryptic description are held in perfect balance . ''-lrb- roberta smith , new york times , november 27th 1992 -rrb-