Danish artist Laurits Andersen Ring (1854-1933), born and raised in the countryside, likely based the wintry scene above on his memories of childhood.
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Reposted blog. It is 10:00 p.m. and twilight when the atmosphere is tinted blue, almost the same color as the incoming tide. Yet, the two friends converse together as if it were still the middle of the afternoon.* Can we guess what confidence or secret they are sharing? Summer Evening on the Skagen’s […]
Norwegian artist Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935) expressed his close relationship with nature through landscapes of his native country, creating some remarkable and poetic interpretations of the night.
Click on the work of art to enlarge it. Have you walked along that shoreline of Asgardstrand, and listened to the sea? Have you noticed how the evening light dissolves into night? I know of no place on earth that has such beautiful lingering twilight…to walk about the village is like walking […]