Technical description
In his notebook Miscellaneous Motifs (1898–1904) Astrup describes the way in which this motif can be executed: “The two cherry trees by the upper garden full of yellow white flowers in the rain (is painted wet on wet) and a peculiar freshness in the green which is nearly blended with the white with a stiff hog hair brush with coarse bristles. The tree trunks almost wet black”.
The effect of the wet on wet technique is clearly visible in the rendering of the flowering treetops: here the green masses are painted in thick layers, and the flowers are added before the underlying paint layers have dried. In this way, the light and dark colours blend together. The motif is without precise details in the treetops as they are depicted in Rainy Atmosphere beneath the Trees at Jølster Parsonage (K23), for example. This is one of the paintings Astrup later referred to as a sketch, and this is understandable based on the small format as well as the way the rainy atmosphere is depicted.
Provenance
-1902-1905:
Artist
Nikolai Astrup
(1880-1928)
1905-1938:
Purchased at exhibition by
Edvard Waldemar Aslaksen
(1868-1938)
1938-1987-:
By descent, to
Halfdan Fredrik Aslaksen
(1904-1992)
1990-2005:
Purchased at auction by
Private owner
Exhibition history
Solo exhibition
1928-11-11 - 1928-12-9
Nikolai Astrup. Mindeutstilling
Kristiania (Oslo)
Catalogue number 83
See exhibition
1980-3-14 - 1980-4-7
Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Maleri, tegning, grafikk
Bergen
Catalogue number 23
See exhibition
1980-4-12 - 1980-5-4
Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Maleri, tegning, grafikk
Oslo
Catalogue number 23
See exhibition
1980-6-4 - 1980-6-29
Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Maleri, tegning, grafikk
Trondheim
Catalogue number 23
See exhibition
1986-6-21 - 1986-8-15
Nikolai Astrup. Naturkjensle mot industrisamfunnet
Sandalstrand, Jølster
Catalogue number 7
See exhibition
1994-9-17 - 1994-11-13
Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse
Oslo
Catalogue number 10
See exhibition
1995-3-18 - 1995-5-7
Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse
Bergen
Catalogue number 10
See exhibition
1995-5-15 - 1995-9-15
Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse
Jølster
Catalogue number 10
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
2011-5-14 - 2011-9-11
Nikolai Astrup: Å møtast på ein klote, på ein stad
Rosendal
Catalogue number 11
See exhibition
Group exhibition
Bibliography
Bergens kunstforening. Katalog over Nikolai Astrups Maleriutstilling. Bergen: Bergens kunstforening, 1908.
Loge, Øystein. Betrothed to Nature. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 2010.
Stiftelsen Modums Blaafarveværk (ed.). Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Modum: [s.n.], 1987.
Loge, Øystein. Nikolai Astrup: tradisjon og overskridelse. [Høvikodden]: Henie-Onstad kunstsenter, 1994.
C. W. Blomqvist Kunsthandel, to Astrup, Nikolai, 1905–04–27. Jø20, D.1.3.
