Harald Oskar Sohlberg (29 November 1869 – 19 June 1935) was a Norwegian Neo-romantic painter.

Biography

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. Sohlberg attended the art school of

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. He also studied as a pupil of

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and

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. He is particularly known for his depictions of the mountains of

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and the town of

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. Perhaps his most widely recognized paintings, in several variations, is '' Winter's Night in Rondane'', presently featured at the

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(''Nasjonalgalleriet'').

Cultural references

His painting ''Fisherman's Cottage'' was used as the cover of a book by

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, Scottish writer, called ''A Summer of Drowning''; Sohlberg is mentioned prominently throughout the novel, and one of the sections of this book is called "The Fisherman's House" in obvious homage to the painting. Another painting, ''Flower Meadow of the North'', was used as the cover of the book ''Morning Poems'' by

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.''Morning Poems'' (Robert Bly author. Harper Perennial. 1998)

Selected works

* ''Natteglød'' (1893) Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo. * ''Sommernatt'' (1899) Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo. * ''Vinternatt i fjelene'' (1901) Hilmar Rekstens Samlinger, Bergen * ''Fra Røros'' (1902) Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo. * ''Natt'' (1904) Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim * ''En blomstereng nordpå'' (1906) Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo. * ''Eken'' (1908) Drammen Kunstmuseum * '' Vinternatt i Rondane'' (1911–14) Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.

Gallery

File:Fisherman's cottage sohlberg.jpg, Fisherman's cottage, 1907 File:Harald Sohlberg - Summer Night - Google Art Project.jpg, Summer Night, 1899 File:Harald Sohlberg - Flower Meadow in the North - Google Art Project.jpg, Flower Meadow in the North, 1905 File:Vinternatt i fjellene III.jpg, Vinternatt i Fellene III (''Winter's Night in the Mountains III'') File:Sohlberg-Storgaten Røros 1904.jpg, Storgaten Røros (''Røros main street'') from 1903 File:Sohlberg-Natt.jpg, Natt (''Night'') from 1904 File:Sohlberg38.jpg, Sara vokter hjorden (''Sara guarding the flock'') c. 1910 File:Oslo fra Akershus Sohlberg.jpg, Oslo fra Akershus (''Oslo from Akershus'') c. 1900

References

Other sources

(In Norwegian) * Bjerke, Øivind Storm (1991) ''Harald Sohlberg: Ensomhetens maler'' (Gyldendal norsk forlag) * Bjerke, Øivind Storm (1996) ''Edvard Munch and Harald Sohlberg: Landscapes of the Mind'' (National Academy of Design) * Lange, Marit Ingeborg, Peter Norgaard Larsen (2003) ''Nordiske Stemninger: Harald Sohlberg. L.A. Ring'' (Stiftelsen)

External links

''Harald Oskar Sohlberg''
(paintingstar.com)]
''Harald Sohlberg''
(fineart.no)
''Harald Oskar Sohlberg''
(escapeintolife.com)

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