Werner Holmberg
| Werner Holmberg | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Holmberg by Per Södermark in 1853 | |
| Born |
1 November 1830 Helsinki |
| Died |
24 September 1860 Düsseldorf |
| Nationality | Finland |
Gustaf Werner Holmberg (1830–1860) was a Finnish landscape painter.
Holmberg was born in Helsinki and learned to paint at the drawing society there. He moved to Düsseldorf where he studied under Hans Gude and Erik Bodom.[1]
He is known for bringing romantic landscape painting to Finland. his Road in Häme was painted the year he died of lung problems in Düsseldorf.
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