Nils Dardel The Dying Dandy (1918) Oil on canvas, 55 1/8 x 70 7/8 in., Moderna Museet, Stockholm
NORDIC IMPRESSIONS features Art from Åland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, from 1821–2018.
Norwegian Society members have been invited to a private tour of the exhibition on Friday, November 16 at 11:30 AM. There are limited spots, so please contact us soon to secure yours. Send an email to nosodc@gmail.com with your name and number of people in your party – first come, first serve!
Some of us may go for lunch after the tour, and you are welcome to join us. A confirmation email will reach you as soon as you have signed up and additional details will be sent to you.
The exhibition celebrates the incredible artistic diversity of Nordic art, from idealized paintings of the distinctive Nordic light and untouched landscape to melancholic portraits in quiet interiors and mesmerizing video works that explore the human condition. While the question of what constitutes a distinctively Nordic art has been a constant debate, the art in the exhibition retains a certain mystique and focus on themes that have held a special place in Nordic culture for centuries: light and darkness, inner life and exterior space, the coalescence of nature and folklore, and women’s rights and social liberalism.