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Trollmoon - a site dedicated to the Scandinavian Troll in Art and Folklore incl. Kittelsen; Theodor Kittelsen's home in Sigdal, Norway (museum) A huge gallery of Kittelsen's works; Kittelsen's work in the collection of The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; From Kragerø: The Incredible Influence of Theodor Kittelsen on ...
Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi Large white, Pieris brassicae Small white, Pieris rapae Green-veined white, Pieris napi Eastern Bath white, Pontia edusa Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines
This drawing made by a 17th-century Icelander shows the four stags on the World Tree. Neither deer nor ash trees are native to Iceland. In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The ...
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.
Zorn's art is featured at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the White House, and his works are among the most valued of all Swedish artists. Another big name from this generation is Carl Larsson . Larsson, like Zorn, appeared in Dalarna and is one of the most beloved Swedish artists.
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.
Swedish folk art (4 P) M. Art museums and galleries in Sweden (3 C, 29 P) P. Swedish paintings (5 C, 15 P) ... Snow White and the Madness of Truth; Svenskt ...
A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore.Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". [1] In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual).