Some images from the Landscape and Identity section of the exhibition Nordic Art.
In the North the distinctive light and rugged topography have always been why the land as such is a concept in art; it's immensely importance for Nordic Culture. These works were all created at the turn of the last century, when life up north was surely more rough and isolated, more dramatic and charasmatic then it is present day.
"This exhibition is a tribute to the peoples and cultures of the Nordic countries, and provides an overview of 19th and 20th-century North European painting. The splendid landscapes, portraits and scenes from everyday rural life display both the similarities and the differences between the Nordic countries. The exhibition focuses on the time when movements such as Realism, Naturalism and more divergent styles such as Symbolism and upcoming Modernism existed side by side.
With their lucid and striking works, they manage to capture the poetic beauty, the core and spirit of the mystical North. Although Nordic art has its roots in European culture, the artists could emphasize their own identity by depicting North European life."
Nordic Art at the Groninger Museum until 5/5
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