Court Painter and A Teacher
Upon returning to Stockholm, Ekman was dubbed as an agré, also he was accepted as a member of the academy in 1844. The title included the one of royal court and history painter. In 1845 Ekman returned to Turku, where he began decorating the Turku Cathedral with wall paintings. The laborious fresco were finished in 1854.
Having lived in Finland for ten years, Ekman regained Finnish citizenship in 1855. Having moved to Turku, Ekman started working on art education with the master painter Carl Gustaf Söderstrand. In 1846 the Turku School of Drawing was founded, led by Ekman in 1846-1873.
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