
Adolf von Becker (Helsinki, 1831 - Vevey, 1909) was a Finnish painter. He was a realist painter and one of the first Finnish artists to receive training in France. In Paris he was a pupil of the realist innovator Gustave Courbet. Becker opened his own school in Finland where he taught painters such as Helene Schjerfbeck, Albert Edelfelt and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
[Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland - Oil on canvas]