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Out into the World

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Out into the World
ArtistMaria Wiik
Year1889
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions69 cm × 61 cm (27 in × 24 in)
LocationAteneum, Helsinki

Out into the World is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the Finnish artist Maria Wiik in the Ateneum.[1]

This painting shows two women in an interior, with one seated at a table looking up from her book as her companion adjusts her dress before leaving. The muted tones are accentuated by a drawn curtain.

This painting, which won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, is considered her masterpiece.[2] This painting was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[3]

References

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  1. ^ painting record on museum website
  2. ^ Maria Wiik on website of Academie Julian
  3. ^ Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905