Emil Cedercreutz
Emil Herman Robert Cedercreutz (16 May 1879 – 28 January 1949), was a Finnish Baron, sculptor and silhouette artist best known of his horse sculptures. He was a member of the family. Life. Cedercreutz was born in the and studied in the Finnish Art Society's Drawing School in Helsinki and later in Brussels 1903–1904, Rome 1904–1905 and in Académie Julian in Paris from 1906 to 1909. He was influenced by the sculptors like Charles van der Stappen, Constantin Meunier ja Auguste Rodin as well as the Tolstoyan movement. In 1914 Cedercreutz started working in his new atelier by  the river Kokemäenjoki in the municipality of Harjavalta. Cedercreutz was also collecting historical artifacts from the countryside of Satakunta province. 1916 he established a museum in Harjavalta, known today as the , showing collections of Cedercreutz's work, cultural history and temporary art exhibitions.