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Exhibition Review
Harriet Backer (1845–1932): Every Atom is Colour
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 963-5
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Reviewer:
Ljøgodt, Knut (Ljøgodt, Knut)
Subjects
artists:
Backer, Harriet
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Harriet Backer (1845–1932): Every Atom is Colour Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 22nd February–18th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Blått interiør, by Harriet Backer. 1883. Oil on canvas, 84 by 66 cm. (National Museum, Oslo; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
21. Chez moi, by Harriet Backer. 1887. Oil on canvas, 88.5 by 100 cm. (National Museum, Oslo; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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22. Kitty Kielland, by Harriet Backer. 1883. Oil on canvas, 84 by 67 cm. (National Museum, Oslo; exh. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Exhibition Review
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 745–7
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Reviewer:
Saumarez Smith, Charles (Saumarez Smith, Charles; Smith, Charles Saumarez)
Subjects
artists:
Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Barcelona, Spain
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway
patrons:
Tangen, Nicolai / AKO Foundation
subjects:
Art museums / Architecture / Scandinavian School / Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand From 11th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Atrium of the Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, designed by Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Mendoza Partida and BAX studios. 2017–24.
Attributed works:
26. Installation view of Passions of the North at Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, 2024. (Courtesy Kunstsilo, Kristiansand; photograph Tor Simen Ulstein).
Exhibition Review
Visionary Romantics: Balke, Lucas, Hertervig
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 549-551
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Reviewer:
Jackson, David (Jackson, David)
Subjects
artists:
Balke, Peder / Hertervig, Lars / Lucas Velázquez, Eugenio
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain / Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway / Gundersen Collection, Geilo, Norway
subjects:
Norwegian School / Spanish art / Landscapes (visual works) / Romanticism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Visionary Romantics: Balke, Lucas, Hertervig Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid 16th March–21st May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Mountainous landscape, by Eugenio Lucas Velázquez. 1850– 70. Ink, wash and watercolour on paper, 45 by 60.7 cm. (Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid).
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8. Northern lights by North Cape, by Peder Balke. 1870. Oil on panel, 20 by 24 cm. (The Gundersen Collection, Oslo).
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9. Landscape, by Lars Hertervig. c.1870s. Watercolour and gouache on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Stavanger Art Museum).
Exhibition Review
The National Museum of Norway
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1028-1031
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Reviewer:
Saumarez Smith, Charles (Saumarez Smith, Charles; Smith, Charles Saumarez)
Subjects
artists:
Schuwerk, Klaus
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway
subjects:
Museums / National museums / Architecture / Displays / Buildings
subjects:
Norwegian School / Scandinavian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The National Museum of Norway From 11th June 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. The National Museum, Oslo. (Photograph National Museum, Oslo).
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26. A gallery of decorative arts on the ground floor of the National Museum, Oslo. (Photograph National Museum, Oslo).
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27. One of the galleries of Scandinavian landscape painting on the first floor of the National Museum, Oslo. (Photograph National Museum, Oslo).
Exhibition Review
Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norwegian Nature
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 302-305
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Reviewer:
Greve, Kari (Greve, Kari)
Subjects
artists:
Astrup, Nikolai Johannes
dates:
2020-2030 / 1900-1929
media:
Paintings / Woodcuts
museums and institutions:
Prins Eugen Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden
subjects:
Norwegian School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norwegian Nature Prins Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 19th February–29th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Grey spring evening with fruit trees in bloom, by Nikolai Astrup. 1909. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 124.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; photograph Bruce M. White).
Attributed works:
25. Foxgloves, Nikolai Astrup. Woodblock, c.1915–20; print 1927. Colour woodcut on paper, 69.2 by 78.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; photograph Dag Fosse / KODE).
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26. Bonfire celebrating midsummer night, by Nikolai Astrup. 1912, retouched 1926. Oil on paper glued to board, 89 by 105 cm. (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; exh. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen; photograph Børre Høstland).
Book Review
Gerhard Munthe: Norwegian Pioneer of Modernism
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 634-635
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Reviewer:
Paasche, Marit (Paasche, Marit)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Munthe, Gerhard
museums and institutions:
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway
subjects:
Norwegian School / Decorative arts / Interiors / Illustrations / Modernism / Watercolours
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gerhard Munthe: Norwegian Pioneer of Modernism By Jan Kokkin. 296 pp. incl. 249 col. + b. & w. ills. (Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2019), €48. ISBN 978–3–89790–517–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. The fifth hall, by Gerhard Munthe. 1902–04. Oil on canvas, 62 by 128 cm. (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo).
Exhibition Review
Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; and Midsummernight. Harald Sohlberg: a Norwegian Landscape Painter. Museum Wiesbaden
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 594-596
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Reviewer:
van der Meij, Lorenz (van der Meij, Lorenz)
Subjects
artists:
Sohlberg, Harald Oscar
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany / Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Norwegian School / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Landscapes (visual works)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Winter evening, by Harald Sohlberg. 1909. Canvas, 70 by 83 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum Wiesbaden).
Attributed works:
20. From Schafteløkken, by Harald Sohlberg. 1897. Watercolour over pencil on paper, 126.8 by 88 cm. (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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21. From the Oslo Fjord, by Harald Sohlberg. 1926. Canvas, 93 by 72 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum Wiesbaden).
Letter
Johan Christian Dahl
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 273
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Contributor:
Røssaak, Tor Eigil (Røssaak, Tor Eigil)
Subjects
artists:
Dahl, Johan Christian / Norwegian School
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Portrait study of an old man, by Johan Christian Dahl. 1813. Canvas, 34.8 by 26 cm. (KODE - Art museums and composer homes).
Attributed works:
3. Adoration of the shepherds, by the Monogrammist CVR. Canvas, 74.3 by 109.9 cm. (Private collection; Collection RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague).
Exhibition Review
J.C. Dahl: The Power of Nature. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 860-862
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Reviewer:
Ljøgodt, Knut (Ljøgodt, Knut)
Subjects
art literature:
Aubert, Andreas / Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von / Carus, Carl Gustav
artists:
Dahl, Johan Christian
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen, Norway
places:
Norway / Bergen
subjects:
Norwegian School / Norwegian / Landscapes (visual works) / Romanticism / Sublime / Barbizon (style) / Naturalism / Nature / Travel / Study and teaching
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Shipwreck on the coast of Norway, by Johan Christian Dahl. 1830. Canvas, 77.5 by 111 cm. (KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen).
Attributed works:
17. View from a window at Quisisana, by Johan Christian Dahl. 1820. Canvas, 52 by 68.4 cm. (KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen).
Publication Received
Painting Norway: Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. By Frances Cary, Ian A.C. Dejardin and MaryAnne Stevens
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 923
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Astrup, Nikolai Johannes
dates:
1880-1919 / 1920-1929
museums and institutions:
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
styles:
Norwegian School
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