Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa

Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa (1919)

Georg Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa (born. Wetterhoff-Asp, 7 May 1870, Helsinki – 18 February 1946) was a Finnish painter,[1] sculptor,[1] poet,[1] composer,[1] linguist,[1] racehygienist,[1] inventor,[1] architect,[1] freemason,[1] egyptologist[1] and Fennoman[1] who admired Adolf Hitler[1] He is best known for his fantastic theories of the past of the Finnish people which he considered them to be descent from Ancient Egypt.[1] Some consider him a late practitioner of Gothicismus.

His parents were Georg August Asp (1834—1901), professor of anatomy at the University of Helsinki and Mathilda Sofia Wetterhoff (1840—1920), developer of female gymnastics.

Wettenhovi-Aspa studied art in Copenhagen in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1888-1891.[2] He also organized several art shows known as the Free Exhibitions.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Wettenhovi-Aspa ja utopia Suomen mahdista". Yle Elävä arkisto. (Finnish).
  2. ↑ Suomen kuvataiteilijat - WETTENHOVI-ASPA (ent. Wetterhoff-Asp) Georg SIGURD - ryhmänäyttelyt


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