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Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck lived from 1862 to 1946. In 2007-08 she was the subject of an exhibition that traveled to museums in Europe, as described here, but it seems her fame remains pretty well confined to Scandinavia. As far as I can discover there has never been any exhibition of her work in the United States at all, but I am sure that will change one of these days, as she is bound in the fullness of time to become better known.
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Image sources are here and here and here and here.
A well-illustrated biographical sketch (in French) is here.