Harald Sohlberg
"Autumn evening (Nevlunghavn)"
Signed Sohlberg and dated 1924. On reverse signed Harald Sohlberg and dated Nevlunghavn 1924. Oil on canvas 94 x 124 cm.
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Provenance
Mrs Consul general Mohr, Fjösanger, Norway; Georg H.M. Wuthmann, Oslo; Sotheby's, London, "Scandinavian Paintings", 23 March 1988, lot 167; J.E. Safra Collection (acquired at the above Sale).
Exhibitions
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, "Harald Sohlberg. Minneutstilling", 29 Aug-20 Sept 1936, no. 193.
Literature
Arne Stenseng, "Harald Sohlberg. En kunstner utenfor allfarvei", 1963, illustrated halfpage p. 150 and listed in the catalogue p. 210, no. 295.
More information
"Autumn evening (Nevlunghavn)" was produced in the latter part of Sohlberg’s life when he often found his subjects in Oslo or its surrounding area. As is often the case, Sohlberg’s landscape is calm, verging on meditative, where the lack of human presence is tangible. Blue tones dominate the palette and the artist strives to emphasize the feeling of depth in the visual space. Sohlberg’s landscapes are often characterised by the artist creating a contrast between the near foreground and the distant background where there appears to be no space in between. This effect has been interpreted as a deliberate contrast effect between a human microcosmos with all its detail and a divine macrocosmos in all its endlessness.