Martta Wendelin

{{Short description|Finnish artist (1893–1986)}}

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| name = Martta Maria Wendelin

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| caption = Martta Wendelin in 1963

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|11|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kymi, Finland

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|03|01|1893|11|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Tuusula, Finland

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Martta Maria Wendelin (23 November 1893 in Kymi — 1 March 1986 in Tuusula) was a Finnish painter.{{cite web |url=http://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/en/search/artists-born-prior-to-1900.html?artist=496&year=1900 |title=WENDELIN, MARTTA Maria |website=Register of the Artist's Association in Finland |publisher= |access-date=23 October 2016}}

She illustrated fairy tales and school books, and drew postcards and magazine covers. The high time of her career was in 1930s, when magazines were able to use good quality images, but use of photographs was not yet that common.{{cite web |url=http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=503 |title=Wendelin, Martta |last1=Karjalainen |first1=Tuula |website=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland |publisher= |access-date=23 October 2016 |language=sv}}