Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo...
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18/10/22 - The recently renovated National Museum in Oslo brings together under one roof three institutions that house more than 6,500 works by artists from all over the planet and from the different movements in the history of Art. The German architecture studio that carried out the transformation decided to bet on the longevity of the building instead of the sensationalism with which other contemporary museums stand out. Therefore, austerity is what sets the tone, a very particular way of forcing us to connect with what is on display, without creating distractions. This is how we discover Harald Sohlberg, a Norwegian artist from the beginning of the 20th century who describes with his painting a winter landscape of his country.
Winter Night in the Mountains, by Harald Sohlberg (1914)
Technique: oil on canvas.
In the galleries displaying paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries, the Gentileschi family stands out. Father and daughter realistically resolve biblical passages with figures emerging from the darkness to create intensity and drama. The intention: to impress the observer with a spiritual message in times where religion was the guide to all believers.
Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, by Orazio Gentileschi (ca. 1608-1612)
Technique: oil on canvas.
Saint Katharina of Alexandria, by Artemisia Gentileschi (ca. 1614-1615)
Technique: oil on panel.
Mary Magdalene Penitent, by Artemisia Gentileschi (ca. 1640)
Technique: oil on canvas.
The star of the entire museum is Edvard Munch's The Scream in its most famous version, made with tempera and crayon on cardboard. Dubbed “The most innovative painting in content and technique” by the Museum, it is the one that summons most visitors. Munch intimately represented modern society, moving away from the themes of his time (late 19th century), in which men read and women knitted. On the contrary, he painted those who suffered for love, the desperate, the deceived and the young women forced into prostitution, for example.
The Scream, by Edvard Munch (1893)
Technique: tempera and crayon on cardboard.
The girls on the bridge, by Edvard Munch (1901)
Technique: oil on canvas.
Self-portrait with cigarette, by Edvard Munch (1895)
Technique: oil on canvas.
Puberty, by Edvard Munch (1894)
Technique: oil on canvas.
The dance of life, by Eduard Munch (1899-1900)
Technique: oil on canvas.
The galleries, with a curatorship that values the timeline, continue on all the floors of the museum until we reach the contemporary art rooms, with objects and installations by the most recognized artists on the market. In short, the Nasjonalmuseet offers us, like other representative museums of a country, a tour where its own artists prevail, which offers visitors an opportunity to understand national artistic expressions.
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