The Land of the Midnight Sun: Norway’s Golden Age of Painting

Why isn’t Norwegian art better known? Should it be?

The late 19th century marked a defining moment in Norway. For the first time 
romantic painters began to turn to their own land for inspiration.

They painted the stormy seas, the towering glaciers and the raw, untamed nature of their homeland. Their aim? To draw attention to the beauty of their country and explore what it meant to be ‘Norwegian’.

This talk looks at the artists from Norway’s ‘Golden Age’ who captured the far north with drama and romance and interpreted their wild country as a mythical, eerie entity. It will explore the stunning works of JC Dahl, Peder Balke, Nikolai Astrup and Harald Sohlberg.

This is chance to discover some of art’s most under appreciated artists!