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"The Kiss," Edvard Munch, 1892.

Munch (1863-1944), the great Symbolist/Expressionist painter, remains the best-known Norwegian artist ever.

He had many health problems during his life, and had his heart broken more times than anyone cares to think about, so he was prone to fits of depression. A friend suggested he paint his mental and emotional states, which gave birth to his signature style.

This painting was a part of a cycle called "The Frieze of Life" that depicted, as he put it, "the battle between men and women that is called love" and showed scenes of attraction, courtship, realization, and disillusionment. This is obviously from the more positive parts of the cycle, but with hints of darkness. Their kiss is passionate, yet the colors are cool and the billowing curtain suggests a chilly breeze.

From the Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.

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Myyty Villi tyttö, 92x73cm akryyli ja pastelli

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"Portrait of a Little Girl, Elise Købke, with a Cup," Carl Christian Constantin Hansen, 1850.

Hansen (1804-1880) was one of the big names in the Danish Golden Age of painting (mostly the first half of the 19th century), which itself borrowed heavily from German Romanticism, the influence of which can be seen here.

His father was a portrait painter, and his godmother was Constanze Mozart (!), and his family traveled from Rome to Vienna to Copenhagen while he was still an infant. After his training as an artist, he traveled all over Europe, painting landscapes, mythological scenes, altarpieces, and portraits like this one. He did a series of paintings based on Norse mythology, intending to create a sort of national art of Denmark.

The poor thing here looks profoundly bored and uninterested. I know nothing of her, but I'm guessing from her name that she was a relative of Hansen's wife.

I still prefer the Skagen school, myself!

From the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.

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"Edvard Munch," Asta Nørregaard, 1885.

Nørregaard (1853-1933) was never part of the artistic elite in either Paris or her native Norway, but she was a busy and in-demand portraitist. She featured in many exhibitions during her lifetime, and even received a medal from King Haakon VII of Norway in 1920.

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is one of history's most acclaimed painters, with an easily recognizable style. His oeuvre was influenced by his mental health struggles as much as it was by the Expressionism of his time. His "Scream" is perhaps one of the most iconic paintings in the modern art world, and a work copied and parodied almost to death.

From the Munch Museum, Oslo.

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"Nordic Summer's Evening," Richard Bergh, 1899/1900.

I love how their bodies are turned toward each other, but they're both looking away....what's going on? The models are known; the woman is singer Karin Pyk, and the man is Prince Eugen of Sweden and Norway, although they were painted in at different times. Simultaneously restful and enigmatic, sadly overlooked.

From the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden.

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