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Rose painting with floral paintings in a traditional design. Rose-painting, rosemaling, rosemåling or rosmålning is a Scandinavian decorative folk painting that flourished from the 1700s to the mid-1800s, particularly in Norway.
Decorative painting in the Hälsingland region of Sweden (Swedish: Hälsingemålning, "Helsingian painting") has been practiced as a folk art tradition since the 16th century. Employed as a means of interior decoration in Hälsingland farmhouses , the tradition has been practiced by mostly self-taught and now forgotten artists.
An immense ash tree, central to the cosmos and considered sacred. Its branches and roots extend far into the nine worlds , and at its three roots are three wells: Urðarbrunnr , where the gods assemble daily in a thing and the three norns tend the tree, Hvergelmir , and Mímisbrunnr .
Mother Troll and Her Sons by Swedish painter John Bauer, 1915. Troll (Norwegian and Swedish), trolde (Danish) is a designation for several types of human-like supernatural beings in Scandinavian folklore. [27] They are mentioned in the Edda (1220) as a monster with many heads. [28] Later, trolls became characters in fairy tales, legends and ...
Nordic art is the art made in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and associated territories. Scandinavian art refers to a subset of Nordic art and is art specific for the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Swedish folk art (4 P) M. Art museums and galleries in Sweden ... Pages in category "Swedish art"
Tole painting is the folk art of decorative painting on tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture. Typical metal objects include utensils , coffee pots , and similar household items. Wooden objects include tables, chairs, and chests, including hope chests, toyboxes and jewelry boxes.
John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 – 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. His work is concerned with landscape and mythology, but he also composed portraits.