The Finnish painter whose work is having a major moment (and inspired our beauty shoot)

A vibrant palette is often described as loud, yet Helene Schjerfbeck’s paintings, while distinctly colourful, are also quiet. It’s this impossible ability to visually capture silence, through a blurred brush stroke, that has made Schjerfbeck one of Finland’s most celebrated artists, both within her time and beyond it. We draw inspiration from the solitary genius of Schjerfbeck in painterly makeup looks that wow with a whisper