Feb 242010
Kirsti, by Kirsti Alopaeus
We are very sad to announce the sudden passing of Finnish artist Kirsti Alopaeus in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on Monday, February 22, 2010. Her vibrant, tropical paintings have been an inspiration to many and enjoyed by all. She will be sorely missed by her family and friends.
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A distant relative of Kirsti’’s, I also have spent most of my life outside of Finland, some twenty years as a Swedish diplomat. Colleagues of mine after a visit to Mexico brought Kirsti’’s much admired art to my attention just yesterday. After having seen some of it on the Zihrena and other websites, I share the admiration of her work. I hope a lot of it finds it way back to Finland (where my paternal grandmother, born in 1874 s Bertha Toernudd, was among the first lady students at Ateneum. One of her teachers was Helene Scherfbeck – whose small oil-on-canvas of a hyacinth I unfortunately have lost during my nomadic life).
May Kirsti’’s memory and art live long to the comfort and inspiration of many in all the places she lived in and beyond.
Thank you for sharing a bit more of Kirsti’’s life and history, and we send our condolences to you and others of her family.