Born August, 20, 1886, Korpiselkä. Died May 18, 1962, Helsinki.

BA 1908, PhD 1914, Imperial Alexander University

Professor of Art History at the University of Helsinki, 1927–48
Docent in Art History and Theory 1916–27
Art history teacher at the Finnish Technical Institute, 1917–21
Art critic for Uusi Suometar/Uusi Suomi newspaper, 1916–20 and 1926–45

Board of directors of the Finnish National Theatre, 1916–19
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1928
Finnish Institute in Rome delegation, 1938–62
Chair of the board of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Foundation, 1940–
Member of the Academy of Finland, 1948–56

Awards
Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, 1935
Commander, First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland, 1949; Grand Cross, 1956
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1935
Commander of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

Photo: SKS / Literary Archives
Written by Lauri Lönnström
Translated by Joe McVeigh