Northern Light: National identity in Scandinavian painting c.1870-1920
November 9, 2007 on 9:48 pm | In Events || November 15, 2007 | 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm | ||
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.
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