wocomoCULTURE | Summer Night by Kitty Kielland: Neo-romanticism in Norwegian art | Artworks Explained @wocomoCULTURE | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The most original landscape painter of the time was undoubtedly Kitty Kielland. She painted her romantic "Summer Night" in 1886 while staying with friends in Fleskum, a farm outside Oslo. A calm blue lake dominates the canvas, reflecting the colours of dusk. Distant mountains punctuate its prominence.
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Kitty Kielland (also: Christine Lange Kielland, Kitty Lange Kielland) (born 8 October 1843 in Stavanger; died 1 October 1914 in Christiania) was a Norwegian painter. Together with Harriet Backer she is one of the most important representatives of Norwegian naturalism.
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The most original landscape painter of the time was undoubtedly Kitty Kielland. She painted her romantic "Summer Night" in 1886 while staying with friends in Fleskum, a farm outside Oslo. A calm blue lake dominates the canvas, reflecting the colours of dusk. Distant mountains punctuate its prominence.
➡️ Discover more masterworks: bit.ly/Masterworks-Explained
Kitty Kielland (also: Christine Lange Kielland, Kitty Lange Kielland) (born 8 October 1843 in Stavanger; died 1 October 1914 in Christiania) was a Norwegian painter. Together with Harriet Backer she is one of the most important representatives of Norwegian naturalism.
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The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute program focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved.
© Licensed by Arthaus Musik
