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Harald Sohlberg Winter Night in the Mountains (1914): Harald
Sohlberg was inspired by this image while skiing in the mountains in the
winter of 1899. Over the years, he attempted to re-create the scene that in-
spired this remark: “The mountains in winter reduce one to silence. One is
overwhelmed, as in a mighty, vaulted church, only a thousand times more so.”
• Follow the crowds into Room T, the Munch room.
Turmoil
Room T is filled with works by Norway's single most famous painter, Edvard
Munch (see sidebar). Norway's long, dark winters and social isolation have
producedmanygloomyartists,butnonegloomierthanMunch.Heinfusedhis
work with emotion and expression at the expense of realism. After viewing
the paintings in general, take a look at these in particular (listed in clockwise
order).
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