At Astrup's solo exhibition in 1908 this painting was included and for sale for 60 kroner. This was in the lower range of prices at the exhibition and suggests that Astrup considered the painting as a sketch. This was confirmed in Astrup's list of works from 1927.
The layers of paint are thin and transparent. Because of this, one can clearly discern that the funeral procession originally extended all along the road to the painting’s right edge. By painting over the last 11 figures, Astrup has centred the funeral procession and created a more balanced symmetry in the motif.
1904-1908:
Nikolai Astrup
(1880-1928)
1908-1911-:
Peter Skagen
(1845-1924)
-1911-1955:
Haakon Shetelig
(1877-1955)
1955-2003:
Kari Shetelig Hovland
(1916-2006)
2003-2003:
Mohn kunsthandel
2003-2005:
2007-current:
Kode Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem
Loge, Øystein. Betrothed to Nature. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 2010.
Bergens kunstforening. Katalog over Nikolai Astrups Maleriutstilling. Bergen: Bergens kunstforening, 1908.
Haavardsholm, Frøydis. Nikolai Astrup. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1935.
Funeral Day in Jølster
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Sparebankstiftelsen DNB (The Savings Bank Foundation DNB), Kode Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem

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undefined: Dag Fosse / KODE
At Astrup's solo exhibition in 1908 this painting was included and for sale for 60 kroner. This was in the lower range of prices at the exhibition and suggests that Astrup considered the painting as a sketch. This was confirmed in Astrup's list of works from 1927.
The layers of paint are thin and transparent. Because of this, one can clearly discern that the funeral procession originally extended all along the road to the painting’s right edge. By painting over the last 11 figures, Astrup has centred the funeral procession and created a more balanced symmetry in the motif.
1904-1908:
Nikolai Astrup
(1880-1928)
1908-1911-:
Peter Skagen
(1845-1924)
-1911-1955:
Haakon Shetelig
(1877-1955)
1955-2003:
Kari Shetelig Hovland
(1916-2006)
2003-2003:
Mohn kunsthandel
2003-2005:
2007-current:
Kode Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem
Loge, Øystein. Betrothed to Nature. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 2010.
Bergens kunstforening. Katalog over Nikolai Astrups Maleriutstilling. Bergen: Bergens kunstforening, 1908.
Haavardsholm, Frøydis. Nikolai Astrup. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1935.