"Sublime Nature: Romantic Paintings of the 19th Century: Norwegian & Swiss Landscapes from the Collection of Asbjørn Lunde" Exhibition
Scandinavia House
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This exhibition will feature 49 landscape paintings by 13 of the period’s most prominent artists, shedding light on the political and historical parallels within the Romantic movement. Among the most celebrated artists of this period, the painters included in this exhibition depicted the mountainous landscapes as wild and perilous (to be tamed by individuals of great strength and character). This view of untamed nature, so central in European Romanticism, was in stark contrast to more idyllic representations popular at the time in Italy. The portrayal was key in the development of the national identities in the two nations.
[Image: Joachim Frich "Landscape with Glacier" (1830) Courtesy of Asojam Lunde.]
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from September 26, 2008 to January 10, 2009