''Finnmark, Winter'' (Norwegian: ''Finnmark, winter'') is a painting by Norwegian artist

Anna-Eva Bergman Anna-Eva Bergman (29 May 1909 – 24 July 1987) was a Norwegian abstract expressionist artist. She was a modernist artist and part of the School of Paris. Her abstract paintings were often inspired by nature and based on abstracted motifs. Bi ...

in 1966. The picture was made with metal foil on canvas and has dimensions of 150 x 300 cm. The picture is part of the collection of the Fondation Hartung-Bergman in

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Background

Although Anna-Eva Bergman was Norwegian, she did most of her work in France, where she participated in numerous exhibitions until her death in 1987. Her principles in art grew from the line drawings she drew for books by herself and others. In her last forty years of production she opted for abstract paintings inspired by nature. Looking for new techniques, she used aluminum, silver and gold foil in her work. Beginning in the 1950s, after a visit to the north of Norway, she began to paint its landscapes. ''Finnmark'' was created with aluminum foil applied to the fabric; a technique that gives a special light to this painting.{{cite web , url = http://Fondationhartungbergman.fr/wpaeb/oeuvres-3/ , accessdate = May 24, 2016 , language = French , title = Abba.Eva Bergman Oeuvres: L'oeuvre from 1952 to 1972 , publisher = Fondation Hartung Bergman , archive-date = June 10, 2016 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170048/http://fondationhartungbergman.fr/wpaeb/oeuvres-3/ , url-status = dead It represents an arctic landscape in

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

, Norway near the border with

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Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') ...

. A strong contrast is expressed with light and dark areas in horizontal lines, representing the snow objects in the dark northern winter, the relationship between light and shadow in the landscape, creating a perspective effect that allows the viewer to look beyond the

tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mou ...

of Finnmark.

References

Landscape paintings Norwegian paintings 1966 paintings School of Paris Tundra