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Winter Landscape from Kragerø
Winter Landscape from Kragerø is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Edvard Munch. It dates from 1910 and is held in the collection of the Stenersen Museum.
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Subject & Meaning
The composition emphasizes the stark, serene atmosphere of the season, focusing on the interplay of light and shadow across the snowy landscape.
Winter Landscape from Kragerø portrays a quiet Norwegian winter scene: snow-covered ground, a solitary tree, a low hillock, and an expansive sky over the town of Kragerø. The composition emphasizes the stark, serene atmosphere of the season, focusing on the interplay of light and shadow across the snowy landscape. By highlighting these elemental forms, the work conveys the subdued mood and natural stillness characteristic of a winter day in Kragerø.
Technique & Style
Edvard Munch created Winter Landscape from Kragerø in 1910 using oil paint applied to a canvas support. The work measures 96 cm in height and 94 cm in width, presenting a square-format composition typical of certain landscape studies from this period. Stylistically, the painting depicts a winter scene featuring snow, trees, a hillock, and the sky, capturing the specific atmosphere of the Kragerø region.
The handling of the medium conveys the starkness of the season through the arrangement of these natural elements within the frame.
History & Provenance
Winter Landscape from Kragerø is an oil painting on canvas created in 1910 by Edvard Munch. It measures 96 by 94 centimeters and depicts a winter scene featuring snow, trees, sky, a hillock, and the location of Kragerø. The work originated from the artist's own production and entered the collection of the Stenersen Museum, where it remains on display.
Its creation history is tied to Munch's exploration of Nordic winter environments, and it was produced during a period marked by his focus on natural motifs in landscape painting.
Winter Landscape from Kragerø is an oil painting on canvas measuring 96 cm by 94 cm, created by Edvard Munch in 1910. The work is part of the Stenersen Museum's collection and is housed at the Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Norway. It has been exhibited at the Munch Museum, also in Oslo, as part of displays focusing on Munch's landscape subjects and winter motifs.
Context
Winter Landscape from Kragerø (1910) by Edvard Munch reflects the artist's sustained engagement with northern landscapes during a period when he increasingly focused on elemental natural forces. The work's depiction of snow-covered terrain and stark winter light aligns with Munch's broader Symbolist exploration of emotional resonance in nature, distinct from contemporaries' more naturalistic approaches. Its presence in the Stenersen Museum collection underscores institutional recognition of Munch's landscape innovations beyond his more widely known expressionist pieces.
The painting's specific Kragerø setting connects to the artist's deepening ties to Norway's coastal regions in the early 20th century, placing it within a pivotal phase of his career when he synthesized Symbolist themes with emerging modernist sensibilities in landscape painting.
Overview
Created in 1910, this oil painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch portrays a winter scene near the coastal town of Kragerø. The composition centers on a snow‑laden hill and a solitary, leafless tree whose branches carry a faint pink hue. A muted sky of pale blue stretches above, while distant forms suggest a low building or rise on the horizon.
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Artist
Edvard Munch ( MUUNK; Norwegian:; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter.
