Enni Id

Enni Id (30 January 1904 – 4 April 1992) was a Finnish self-taught painter.

[1] In her paintings, she depicted traditional rural life, cat themes, and floral arrangements.

She also painted the interior walls and furniture of her home cottage in Seitniemi, Padasjoki.

[2] These painting feature cats peeking out in the middle of floral patterns and leaf ornaments.

[1] Id organized solo exhibitions at the Brahe Gallery in Turku (1973) and at the Helsinki Art Point (1975).

At the age of twenty she fled from her home to the capital Helsinki, where she studied and worked in her aunt's sewing shop.

Enni Id originally received her painting equipment as a gift from a family of teachers who spent summers in Padasjoki.