Astruptunet

The home of painter Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928) at Jølster lake where he lived in relative poverty on a tiny farm. Astrup belonged to a family of famous priests, scholars and politicians. Astrup got inspiration from the surrounding landscape. In his own particular naïve style, Astrup captured the rural western Norway and the northern summer. Virtually all paintings are from Jølster lake and surrounding area. Astrup is largely unknown abroad, but his romantic-enigmatic-pantheistic pictures are national treasures. Astrup's work resembles Henri Rousseau and Paul Gauguin. Astrup and Edvard Munch were pioneers in printmaking art in Norway. Munch held Astrup in high regard and did not understand how he achieved so much in his short life. "Astrup does that rare thing: he makes landscape painting seem fresh and alive again. Astrup remained too long in Edvard Munch's shadow" ( The Telegraph ). "Fairytale landscapes of midsummer magic" ( The Guardian ).

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