Anna McNay

Different Branches: The Tree in Norwegian Art

23/07/21

Different Branches: The Tree in Norwegian Art

For centuries trees have cast a spell on Norwegian artists, as illustrated by the spring willows and winter birches on view in a new book on the painter and gardener Nikolai Astrup. Taking an art-historical ramble through a particularly Nordic obsession, Anna McNay discovers a tangled world of tree trolls, forest fires and future libraries.

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