Northern Norway Art Museum
The Northern Norway Art Museum (Norwegian: Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum) is a Norwegian visual arts museum in Northern Norway. It's the country's youngest[1] and geographically northernmost art museum.
History
It was established circa 1985, opened its doors on March 1988, and moved to its current location in Tromsø in 2001.[2]
Collections
The museum presents different temporary exhibitions of both contemporary and historical art during the year, in addition to the permanent collection. The permanent collection contains approximately 2,100 works, of which only a small, representative amount is on display. The collection includes artworks from the late 18th century to the present day.
The museum also deposits art from the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, SpareBank 1 Northern Norway Art Foundation, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB NOR, Tromsø Kunstforening and private collections. Key artists include Peder Balke, Adelsteen Normann, Harriet Backer, Anna-Eva Bergman and Olav Christopher Jenssen.
Other locations
The museum has a special responsibility for the northern parts of Norway, and tours 2-3 smaller exhibitions in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard. In 2015 the satellite Kunsthall Svalbard opened in Longyearbyen, Svalbard as a dedicated arena for contemporary art.[3] Queen Sonja of Norway did the official opening,[4] and the first exhibition was Glacier by Joan Jonas.[5]
Gallery
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Peder Balke's From North Cape (1860s)
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Gunnar Berg's Svolvær (1889)
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François-Auguste Biard's The Minister Laestadius preaching (1840)
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François-Auguste Biard's Fighting Polar Bears (1839)
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Peter Nicolai Arbos The battle of Stamford Bridge (1870)
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Gustav Wentzel's Autumn Landscape
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Eilif Peterssen's In Church
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Theodor Kittelsens Ekko (1888)
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Wilhelm Peters' Digging for worms (1883-1884)
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Kjell Varvin's O'HOY (1995)
References
- ↑ "About us | Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum". Nnkm.no. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ↑ "History | Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum". Nnkm.no. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ↑ "About Kunsthall Svalbard | Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum". Nnkm.no. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ↑ "The Royal House of Norway - The Queen opened Kunsthall Svalbard". Royalcourt.no. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ↑ "The Royal House of Norway - The Queen opened Kunsthall Svalbard". Royalcourt.no. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2016-12-02.