Norway Art presents a year of Norwegian artists
Dr. Mary Jo Thorsheim has compiled a year of Norway Art columns, available just in time for Christmas.
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Paintings from five Bergen neighborhoods
Dr. Mary Jo Thorsheim of Norway Art in Minneapolis offers her insights on Bergen paintings from five different neighborhoods there.
A fisher boy’s story
Mary Jo Thorsheim of Norway Art discusses painter Isak Ræfsnes and how his youth as a fisher boy in Western Norway informed his work.
The paintings of Hans Dahl (1849-1937)
Mary Jo Thorsheim of Norway Art discusses the distinctive paintings of Hans Dahl, with special attention to “Arriving for a Celebration.”
Musing on education and art
Dr. Mary Jo Thorsheim of Norway Art offers suggestions on how to integrate art into learning from home and discussed the artist Håkon Stenstadvold.
Paintings from Denmark enchant
Denmark’s central location and unique landscapes have drawn painters from all over Scandinavia for generations, influencing Danish painters and artists.
Elling Reitan’s Peer Gynt
In Norway, Elling Reitan is known as the “painter of colors.” He has taken up a variety of motifs in his work, including Ibsen’s Peer Gynt.
Portrait of an Eidsvoll man
Mary Jo Thorsheim of Norway Art discusses Oscar Wergeland’s (1844-1910) detailed painting of the National Assembly representatives at Eidsvoll.
The path to Easter with altar paintings
Dr. Mary Jo Thorsheim of Norway Art discusses the significance of altar painting in the American Midwest within the context of the Easter season.
Norwegian artists paint the Arctic
What a tour! Mary Jo Thorsheim Norway Art The remarkable scenery of northern Norway has been viewed and photographed by a huge number of tourists over the years, for example, passengers on coastal voyages...
