Harald Sohlberg: Infinite Landscapes

By: Oslo, Nationalmuseet for Konst

Majestic and magical landscapes, the soft beauty of fields of flowers, the raw cold of winter: the works of Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935) combine a romantic perception of nature with a contemporary pictorial language akin to symbolism. Particularly beguiling is the lack of humans in these atmospheric works--and the conspicuous presence of their trace. Sohlberg's near-total focus on the beauty of the natural landscape--drawn largely from the mountainous region surrounding Rondane National Park in Norway--suggests a critical attitude to the modern age, and at the same time leaves space for the viewer to become privately immersed in these images.
Published to coincide with the one hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of Sohlberg's birth, this volume assembles more than sixty paintings, in addition to a number of drawings, prints, photographs, and letters, granting new insight into the conceptual world of this renowned Nordic artist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3777430889
• ISBN13: 9783777430881
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.6" x 11.2"