Hilda Eloise Granstedt

Hilda Granstedt spent her life in Helsinki, painting the people around her—friends, neighbors, artists—always in their own spaces, never in a studio. She once told a sitter to sit by their kitchen window so the light would tell the truth about them. Look up her *Portrait of C. E. Sjöstrand, the Sculptor*; the way the chisel sits in his hand, the room’s quiet clutter, it’s like Granstedt just walked in and started painting before the subject could pose. She belongs in Gallery Tiles because her quiet, honest portraits open a door to Helsinki’s everyday 1910s life.