Exhibitions |
Northern Lights
27 February - 31 May 2009 · Main Galleries
Northern Lights:
Swedish Landscapes from the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
A little-known, yet highly significant area of Northern European painting is to be explored in this fascinating exhibition of diverse and beautiful landscapes, lent by the national collection of Sweden. In many ways a sequel to the Barber’s 2006 exhibition Moonrise over Europe: J C Dahl and Romantic Landscape, this exhibition traces the powerful tradition of landscape painting in Scandinavia that was dominated in the second half of the nineteenth century by Sweden. From the Romantic wilderness paintings of Carl Johan Fahlcrantz and artists of the Düsseldorf School, the exhibition also surveys the plein-air Realism of painters such as Alfred Wahlberg and Karl Nordström, working in a Swedish colony at Grez-sur-Loing in Normandy and influenced by Théodore Rousseau. Others, such as C F Hill, provided a Swedish slant on Impressionism, while the late 19th century produced Symbolist and proto-Expressionist styles by artists such as Eugène Jansson and Otto Hesselbom. Featuring the work of twenty artists in total, including the dramatist August Strindberg and even the royal Prins Eugen, this exhibition offers a rare and unexpected glimpse into an under-appreciated artistic heritage. It is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue and varied programme of lectures, gallery talks, workshops and events for adults and children.
Associated Events (see below) |
Exhibition Guided Tours Sundays 26 April, 10 & 24 May · 2.30pm Please meet in the Exhibition Gallery. Guided tours are also available for those with visual impairment. Please contact the Education Officer on: 0121 414 7335 (education@barber.org.uk). |
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Wednesday 6 May · 1.10pm |
Thursdays 2 & 30 April, 28 May · 1.30pm |
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Wednesday 13 May · 7.30pm A reading of August Strindberg’s best-known chamber play. |
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