Harald sohlberg wikipedia
Harald sohlberg prints.
Winter Night in the Mountains
Painting by Harald Sohlberg
Winter Night in the Mountains (Norwegian: Vinternatt i fjellene), also known as Winter Night in Rondane (Norwegian: Vinternatt i Rondane), is the name of several versions of a composition created in several techniques by the Norwegian artist Harald Sohlberg (–).
The most famous version is an oil painting completed in and held by the National Gallery in Oslo since
Sohlberg began to work on the subject in early , after seeing the mountains of Rondane in bluish moonlight while skiing nearby on Easter or He moved in to a house on the Nesset at Atna in the Østerdalen valley in Eastern Norway.
Harald sohlberg wikipedia
He was joined in by his wife Lilli Rachel Hennum; they remained at Atna until , when they moved further north to Røros Municipality.
He made several studies in the period – in a variety of media, including charcoal, crayon, oil and watercolor.
One study is held by the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. He began work on the oil