Technical description

The painting is rendered in various painterly techniques. While the foundation of the house and the birch tree by the staircase railing have an obvious painterly character, in the form of brushstrokes and paint, the side of the house is executed with meticulous details that resemble a photograph. The combination of these different techniques creates a tension in the picture.  

Provenance

-1905-1908:

Artist

Nikolai Astrup

(1880-1928)

1908-1908:

Purchased at exhibition by

Bergens Kunstforening

-1928-1928-:

Unknown acquisition method

Marius Meyer

(1877-1962)

-1968-1968:

Unknown acquisition method

Johan Anton Mowinckel

(1902-1968)

1968-1987-:

By descent, to

Private owner

1968-1987-:

By descent, to

Private owner

-1994-2005:

Purchased by

Private owner

2007-current:

On deposit to

Kode Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem

Exhibition history

Solo exhibition

1908-5-3 - 1908-5-27

Nikolai Astrups Maleriutstilling

Bergen

Catalogue number 14

See exhibition

1928-10-10 - 1928-11-4

Nikolai Astrup. Mindeutstilling

Bergen

Catalogue number 67

See exhibition

1928-11-11 - 1928-12-9

Nikolai Astrup. Mindeutstilling

Kristiania (Oslo)

Catalogue number 67

See exhibition

1986-6-21 - 1986-8-15

Nikolai Astrup. Naturkjensle mot industrisamfunnet

Sandalstrand, Jølster

Catalogue number 11

See exhibition

1987-5-23 - 1987-9-30

Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928

Åmot

Catalogue number 17

See exhibition

1994 - 1994

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Stavanger

Catalogue number 13

See exhibition

1994-9-17 - 1994-11-13

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Oslo

Catalogue number 13

See exhibition

1995 - 1995

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Trondheim

Catalogue number 13

See exhibition

1995 - 1995

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Lillehammer

Catalogue number 13

See exhibition

1995-3-18 - 1995-5-7

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Bergen

Catalogue number 13

See exhibition

1995-5-15 - 1995-9-15

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Jølster

Catalogue number 13

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

Catalogue number [no]

See exhibition

2006-2-11 - 2006-3-26

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Kristiansand

Catalogue number [no]

See exhibition

2006-5-20 - 2006-8-13

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Jølster

Catalogue number [no]

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

2010-8-13 - 2010-11-14

Nikolai Astrup. Drømmebilleder

København

Catalogue number [no]

See exhibition

2016-5-1 - 2016-5-5

Nikolai Astrup Painting Norway

London

Catalogue number 16

See exhibition

2016-6-10 - 2016-9-11

Nikolai Astrup Norske Landskap

Oslo

Catalogue number 16

See exhibition

2016-10-2 - 2017-1-22

Nikolai Astrup: Norwegen. Eine Entdeckung

Emden

Catalogue number 16

See exhibition

2021-6-19 - 2021-9-19

Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway

Catalogue number 10

See exhibition

2021-10-15 - 2022-1-23

Nikolai Astrup. Rå natur

Catalogue number 10

See exhibition

2022-2-19 - 2022-5-28

Nikolai Astrup. Visioner av norsk natur

Catalogue number 10

See exhibition

Group exhibition

Bibliography

Loge, Øystein. Betrothed to Nature. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 2010.

Bergens kunstforening. Katalog over Nikolai Astrups Maleriutstilling. Bergen: Bergens kunstforening, 1908.

Bergens Kunstforening. Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Mindeutstilling. Bergen: Bergens kunstforening, 1928.

Stiftelsen Modums Blaafarveværk (ed.). Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Modum: [s.n.], 1987.

Loge, Øystein. Nikolai Astrup: tradisjon og overskridelse. [Høvikodden]: Henie-Onstad kunstsenter, 1994.