How Harald Sohlberg Created Norway’s Most Beloved Painting

In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, discover how Harald Sohlberg’s iconic landscape ‘Winter Night in the Mountains’ became the National Painting of Norway, find out what initially inspired his vision and learn how the work blends Modernism and Symbolism with a Romantic perception of nature. A subject that would give rise to a series of iterations over a quarter of a century, Sotheby’s presents one of just a handful of finished watercolours of ‘Winter Night in the Mountains’ as a highlight of our upcoming sale European & British Art (7 - 14 July).
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[@BestArtNYC]

This is an amazing job! Incredible beauty of the landscape! And the philosophical semantic meaning in the landscape is a pleasant rarity! Great!

[@ingridllinas5612]

Fascinating painting. Description and details were poetry to my eyes.

[@milcotto4153]

Beautiful watercolor of Harald Solberg. In my opinion it needs an offwhite paspartout and a bigger and thinner frame.

[@studioandydna]

At that time, alpinism shaped the students of the schools of arts and crafts and today many mountain pictures are painted by craftsmen.