◧ Artist: Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928)
◧ Country: Norway
◧ Title: [Bonfire celebrating Midsummer Night]
◧ Medium: Oil on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 88.8 × 104.9 cm
◧ Title: [Bonfire celebrating Midsummer Night]
◧ Medium: Oil on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 88.8 × 104.9 cm
◧ Museum: The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
◧ County of Stamp Issue: Norway
◧ Date of Issue: November 14, 1980
◧ Face Value: 1.25 Norwegian Krone
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After completing his training, Nikolai Astrup returned to his home village of Jølster in 1902 to work there as a smallholder, painter, and printmaker. His art is inextricably linked to the nature and people of Jølster. He was nonetheless not himself a member of the peasantry and was thus able to view the lives of his fellow villagers from an outsider’s perspective. His lush depictions of the scenic Western Norwegian nature and of local customs, such as the Midsummer Night’s bonfire, have made him a beloved artist.(excerpt from the painting description at the National Museum, Oslo, Norway)
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