Bet­ween light and emo­ti­on: The ex­hi­bi­ti­on “Mid­sum­mer! At­mo­sphe­ric Land­scapes of the North 1880–1920”

When Mid­sum­mer is ce­le­bra­ted in Scan­di­na­via, the land­scape is trans­for­med un­der the spe­cial light of the White Nights. The cur­rent ex­hi­bi­ti­on at the Mu­se­um Kunst der West­küs­te cap­tures pre­cis­e­ly this uni­que at­mo­sphe­re. From 6 Ju­ly 2025 to 11 Ja­nu­ary 2026, works crea­ted bet­ween 1880 and 1920 will be on dis­play — a pe­ri­od in which Nor­dic and Fin­nish pain­ting tru­ly flou­ris­hed. The ar­tists uti­li­sed trends such as rea­lism, na­tu­ra­lism, im­pres­sio­nism and sym­bo­lism to cap­tu­re the cha­rac­te­ristics of their home­land and link the land­scapes wi­th sub­jec­ti­ve fee­lings and moods.

The show of­fers a broad over­view of the most im­portant re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ves of the time: An­na An­cher, Pe­der Se­ve­rin Krøy­er, Bru­no Lil­je­fors, Ak­se­li Gal­len-Kal­lela, He­le­ne Schjerf­beck and Chris­ti­an Skreds­vig are in­cluded wi­th sel­ec­ted works. What is out­stan­ding is that ma­ny of the 70 or so pain­tings co­me from the Fiel­mann fa­mi­ly’s high-ca­lib­re coll­ec­tion and so­me are on pu­blic dis­play for the first time. Sup­ple­men­ta­ry of­fers such as gui­ded tours, work­shops and an ac­com­pany­ing ca­ta­lo­gue in­vi­te vi­si­tors to im­mer­se them­sel­ves in the fa­sci­na­ting world of Nor­dic at­mo­sphe­ric land­scapes.