ScanSoc Formal

For everyone who booked tickets in time:

Looking forward to seeing you on the 14th! Formal starts at 7.30pm but if you aim to be outside Pembroke main hall at 7.15pm we can make sure we all meet. No corkage fee, 1 bottle of wine per person. I think that’s about it!

Northern Light: National identity in Scandinavian painting c.1870-1920

This term’s talk will be given by Christina Sanderson, who obtained her
MPhil in History of Art from Cambridge and worked at Bonhams auctioneers
for 6 years specialising in eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings.
She now works for a London based art dealers and gives various talks on
Scandinavian art.

WHERE: Newnham College
WHEN: Thursday 15th November
TIME: 7.30pm
PRICE: £3 members, £5 non-members.

At a time when the idea of the nation-state was prevalent across Europe,
Christina Sanderson will look at how artists in the Scandinavian countries
forged a Nordic identity through painting by turning to history, folklore,
literature and the unique Scandinavian landscape and light. Artists
reviewed include Carl Larsson and Prince Eugen from Sweden, Akseli
Gallen-Kallela from Finland, Carl Holsoe and Peder Severin Kroyer from
Denmark and Edvard Munch from Norway.