Beloved in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck is just becoming hot in Manhattan, where a show of paintings at the Met Museum is likely to leave you awe-struck.
If you dislike the shortened daylight of winter, please know that you are luckier than Helene Schjerfbeck. A Finnish painter of copious gifts, she spent most of her life in or around Helsinki, contemplating cold skies and winters that lasted for more... [1435 chars]