In older paintings, they’re a symbol of Egypt, but when artists travelled more in the 19th century they became fairly popular in landscape paintings. Examples from 1500 to 1927.
Astrup
Two species are the pioneers, in the high Arctic and mountains across Europe. Their bark has formed canoes, and their sap is a sugary syrup that can be fermented into alcoholic drinks.
Portraits by Sisley, Delacroix, Cabanel, Piet Mondrian early in his career, William Morris Hunt, Astrup, Schwabe, and Claude Monet.
Difficult to cultivate, as it can’t self-pollinate and doesn’t breed ‘true’, it has still become a major food crop around the world. From blossom to market in paintings.
Coppice stools, cut to just above ground level, and pollards cut high enough to stop them from being damaged by cattle, were commonly used to produce supplies of timber.
Paintings by Helen Allingham, Willard Metcalf, Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Nikolai Astrup, and others.
How Hogarth developed his painting and print narrative series from rough drawings. Examples of prints made after paintings by Mary Cassatt and Nikolai Astrup for different reasons.
Christmas trees cut in the woods, or bought in a seasonal market. Queen Marie and ordinary families gathered round, and finally falling asleep exhausted.
The harvest painted by Anna Ancher, Lhermitte, Adrian Stokes, Nikolai Astrup, John Linnell, Félix Vallotton, PS Krøyer, Gérôme, and others.
Three views by the elusive Elisabeth Grüttefien, and the paintings of Nikolai Astrup, the only artist among these who lived in the fjords for much of his life, and was buried there.
