Johann Köler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Köler

Estonian artist

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1826

Place of Birth: Vastemõisa, Viljandi County, Estonia

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1899

Profession: painter, university teacher

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Johann Köler (8 March 1826 – 22 April 1899) was a leader of the Estonian national awakening and a painter.
He is considered as the first professional painter of the emerging nation.
He distinguished himself primarily by his portraiture and to a lesser extent by his landscape paintings.
Some of his most notable pictures depict the Estonian rural life in the second half of the 19th century.