Paintings of rugged mountains on the coast and lining deep fjords, from Peder Balke, Hans Gude, Eilert Normann, and others.
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When the sun doesn’t set at all, or sinks little before rising again. Paintings from North Cape to the US East Coast.
Strictly the Eve of Saint the Baptist, it’s marked in the Nordic and other European countries with bonfires, feasting and dancing.
Trees in blossom from Sérusier, Bonnard, Waterhouse, van Rysselberghe, Nikolai Astrup and others.
Caillebotte’s gardening almost stopped him from painting, and Vincent van Gogh shows vegetable gardens on the hill of Montmartre.
More paintings by those brave enough to tackle children on their own, from William Merritt Chase and Carl Larsson to Pierre Bonnard.
Harriet Backer’s canonical masterwork, Nikolai Astrup shows his technical skill, two wonderful views by Pierre Bonnard, and from Eric Ravilious.
Paintings from around Europe and North America showing Christmas trees, decorations, family feasts, and Christmas markets.
Paintings of autumn from the early 20th century, by Jakub Schikaneder to Grant Wood.
Examples from Gustave Moreau, Georges Clairin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paul Nash, Joseph Stella, and Nikolai Astrup.
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