Technical description
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.
Provenance
1904-1908:
Artist
Nikolai Astrup
(1880-1928)
1908-1911-:
Gift to
Peter Skagen
(1845-1924)
-1911-1955:
By exchange, to
Haakon Shetelig
(1877-1955)
1955-2003:
By descent, to
Kari Shetelig Hovland
(1916-2006)
2003-2005:
Purchased by
Private owner
Exhibition history
Solo exhibition
1928-11-11 - 1928-12-9
Nikolai Astrup. Mindeutstilling
Kristiania (Oslo)
Catalogue number 72
See exhibition
2005-1-15 - 2005-2-27
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Tønsberg
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
2005-3-11 - 2005-5-1
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Drammen
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
2005-5-24 - 2005-8-14
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Bergen
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
2005-8-28 - 2005-10-23
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Stavanger
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
2005-11-6 - 2006-1-1
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Trondheim
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See exhibition
2006-2-11 - 2006-3-26
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Kristiansand
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See exhibition
2006-5-20 - 2006-8-13
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Jølster
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See exhibition
2006-8-26 - 2006-10-1
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Notodden
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
2006-10-14 - 2006-12-30
Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet
Lillehammer
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
Group exhibition
1952 - 1953
Et utsnitt av bildende kunst i Bergen og fylkene frå 1900–1953
Bergen
Catalogue number [no]
See exhibition
Bibliography
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.
