Alfred William Finch

• Alfred William Finch : Ostenden kilpa-ajorata, 1888, 49,5x59, oil, canvas (A III 2233, Ahlström) [© Copyright holders] (89.9 kB)

Alfred William Finch (1854-1930), a half Belgian half English painter, printmaker and potter, was just the man cut out for transmitting European currents to Finland. A.W. Finch was a friend of the leading Neo-Impressionist painters Paul Signac and George Seurat. He was also a member of the Belgian opposition group Les Vingt which had struggled against Belgian nationalistic and narrow-minded art. His contacts with Signac and Seurat drew Finch to Neo-Impressionism; he painted his first pointillist painting The Race Course at Ostende in 1888.

Alfred William Finch : Ostenden kilpa-ajorata