Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928) is one of the most important painters in Norwegian art history. In his poetic pictures we find one of symbolism’s most personal forms of expression for love and the home. While the great painters of his age, such as Edvard Munch and the Danish painter J.F. Willumsen thought in terms of the international public of the big city, Astrup returned to his roots in the home region of Jølster, north of Bergen. Here the artist found inspiration for his dreamlike pictures of the landscape, the home and the family, creating one of the most powerful expressions of the Norwegian national soul. 


The exhibition is the result of a cooperation with Sparebankstiftelsen DnB Nor and Bergen Art Museum 


The exhibition is supported by 
Augustinus Fonden
Den Kgl. Norske Ambassade, Danmark
DnB NOR Bank ASA, Danmark
Frimodt-Heineke Fonden
Institusjonen Fritt Ord
Nordea-fonden
Oticon Fonden
Prins Joachims og Prinsesse Alexandras Fond