Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa

Deceased Person

1870 – 1946

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Who was Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa?

Georg Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa was a Finnish artist and amateur egyptologist. He is best known for his fantastic theories of the past of the Finnish people. Some consider him a late practitioner of Gothicismus.

His parents were Georg August Asp, professor of anatomy at the University of Helsinki and Mathilda Sofia Wetterhoff, developer of female gymnastics.

Wettenhovi-Aspa studied art in Copenhagen in the klg. Akademiet for de Skønne Kunster and the Kröyer Academy 1888-1891.

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Born
May 7, 1870
Lived in
  • Helsinki
Died
Feb 18, 1946

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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