Harald Sohlberg: Infinite Landscapes

Majestic and magical landscapes, the soft beauty of fields of flowers, the raw cold of winter: the works of Harald Sohlberg (1869–1935) combine a romantic perception of nature with a contemporary pictorial language akin to symbolism. Particularly beguiling is the lack of humans in these atmospheric works―and the conspicuous presence of their trace. Sohlbergs near-total focus on the beauty of the natural landscape―drawn largely from the mountainous region surrounding Rondane National Park in Norway―suggests a critical attitude to the modern age, and at the same time leaves space for the viewer to become privately immersed in these images. Published to coincide with the one hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of Sohlbergs birth, this volume assembles more than sixty paintings, in addition to a number of drawings, prints,