What is Åke Hellman?
[[Image:Akehellman.JPG|thumb|right|Åke Hellman.]] '''Åke Fredrik Hellman''' (19 July 1915 – 18 December 2017) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[still life]] and portrait artist and art professor. He has worked as art teacher at the [[University of Helsinki]]. In 1963, he received the [[order of the Lion of Finland]]. He was born in [[Helsinki]]. Hellman [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on 19 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreader.com/finland/hufvudstadsbladet/20150715/281500749931510/TextView|title=I Åke Hellmans ateljé står tiden stilla|publisher=Hufvudstadsbladet|date=15 July 2015|access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> He died on 18 December 2017 in [[Porvoo|Borgå]], Finland, at the age of 102.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/12/22/borgakonstnaren-ake-hellman-har-gatt-bort|title=Borgåkonstnären Åke Hellman har gått bort|website=svenska.yle.fi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-HellmanAake Hellman, Åke] in ''[[Uppslagsverket Finland]]''. * [http://galleri.proartibus.fi/index.php?type=artist&id=44&s=F Åke Hellman and his artistship.] * [http://taidehalli.fi/en/nayttelyt/jaettu-ateljee-karin-ja-ake-hellman A Shared Atelier – Karin and Åke Hellman] at Kunsthalle Helsinki. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hellman, Ake}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish artists]] [[Category:People from Helsinki]] {{bio-stub}}