Tuesday 31 August 2010

Gustarv Vigeland and Polish Sculpture around 1900: On the Paths of the Soul.

This exhibition was rather special, a unique presentation of artists that are unknown to most, it shows how artists regardless of nationality, were part of important and dominant tendencies within European Art and cultural life. It also shows how Vigeland had an importance towards his Polish contemporaries. 


GV


GV: The Kiss


GV: The Kiss, Bronze


GV: The Kiss


GV: Young Man and Woman


GV: Man cradling a woman in his arms.


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GV: Father and Daughter



GV: Orpheus and Eurydice II

GV: Man Sitting with Woman on His Lap


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GV: Young Boy


GV: Accursed

Waclaw Szymanowski: Burden



GV: The Resurrection


GV: Hell II


GV: Hell, Detail


GV: Hell, Detail


GV: Hell, Detail


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GV: Henrik Ibsen


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Boleslaw Biegas: Chopin's Funeral March


Boleslaw Biegas: Earth


Boleslaw Biegas: Mighty Spirit


Henryk Kunzek: Vampire


Xawery Dunikowski: Fate


Boleslaw Biegas: Premonition


Konstanty Laszczka: Melancholy


Xawery Dunikowski: Cloud


Xawery Dunikowski: Wave, (Morning)



Konstanty Laszczka: Left Alone

Stanislaw Jagmin

GV:  (It could almost be Angel of the North?)

Monday 30 August 2010

The Grandfathers of Troll illustration, 18-1900s

Trolls in Norway are found in seas, mountains and Fjords. Decades ago Asbjornsen and Moe first collected these tales of horror, wander and awe! This book remembers the old troll myths and history in Norway, retold by Asala.

From 'The Golden Bird,' Theodor Kittelsen 1883

The Troll Who Wanders About His Age, Theodor Kittelsen

The Troll , Theodor Kittelsen

The Troll and the Dyre. Theodor Kittelsen 

Nokken as a Horse, Theodor Kittelsen 1907

On the way to  Troll Castle, Theodor Kittelsen

Troll of the Forest, Theodor Kittelsen 

The Ash Lad Who Had an Eating Match with the Troll, Theodor Kittelsen 1883
The Troll Washing His Brat, Theodor Kittelsen

From 'Buttercup,' Theodor Kittelsen, 1882

From 'Buttercup,' Theodor Kittelsen, 1882

The Troll on Karl Johan Square, Theodor Kittelsen  1892

From 'The Companion,' Erik Swerenskiold, 1886

The Nisse, Theodor Kittelsen 1887

Dobbin and the Goblin, Theodor Kittelsen 1905

Nokken, Theodor Kittelsen

The Sea Troll, Theodor Kittelsen 1887