Travel Reference
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Krohg
—
A Sick Girl
(1880):
This extremely realistic painting shows a
child dying of tuberculosis, as so many did in Norway in the 19th century. The
girl looks directly at you. You can almost feel the cloth, with its many shades
of white.
Carl Sundt-Hansen—
Burial at Sea
(1890):
While Monet and the Im-
pressionists were busy abandoning the realistic style, Norwegian artists con-
tinued to embrace it. In this painting, you're invited to participate. A dead
man's funeral is attended by an ethnically diverse group of sailors and passen-
gers, but only one is a woman—the widow. Your presence completes the half-
circle at the on-deck ceremony. Notice how each person in the painting has
