Helene Schjerfbeck
Toipilas (La convalescente - The convalescent)
Huile sur toile
107 x 92 cm - 1888
(Ateneumin taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finlande)
Dans ce tableau, Hélène Schjerfbeck s'est sinon représentée, du moins a de son propre aveu peint une image de ce qu'a pu être un moment pénible de sa propre enfance. En effet, Hélène Schjerfbeck est à l'âge de quatre ans tombée dans des escaliers et s'est blessée à la hanche. En raison de la situation financière de sa famille elle ne put recevoir la totalité des soins médicaux qui lui auraient été nécessaires. Elle souffrira de sa hanche endommagée toute sa vie.
In this painting, Helene Schjerfbeck by his own admission has painted a picture of what could be a painful moment of his own childhood. Indeed, Helene Schjerfbeck at the age of four had fallen down stairs and injured her hip. Due to the financial situation of her family she could not receive all medical care that would have been necessary. She suffered from her damaged hip for life.
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