# theodorseverinkittelsen artnouveau botd gothicspring neoromanticism

An image of how the artist wanted to be seen is the laidback Kittelsen in his hammock as a pig eats his art supplies! Krigen Mellom Froskene Og Musene (1885), The Sea Troll (detail, 1887), Self-Portrait (1888) & Peer Gynt (1890)

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2021-05-22

"No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all." (Camus)

Some of Theodor Kittelsen's (#BOTD 1857) haunting illustrations of Svartedauen (Black Death), featuring Pesta, the personified plague.

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2021-04-28

She Is Making Her Way Through the Country, 1900

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2021-03-11

Theodor Kittelsen (Norwegian, 1857 – 1914), The Sea Monster, 1881. Oil on canvas.

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2021-03-04

More Kittelsen trolls (and Näcken/Nøkken, but could very well be a troll going for a nice evening swim)

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2021-02-08

FROM NORWAY: And here are some of Theodor Kittelsen’s other creatures: from giant bears (is this Lyra riding Iorek Byrnison?) to lustful devils.

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2021-01-22

FROM NORWAY: Theodor Kittelsen was the unmatched authority of painting trolls, who are abundant in the fairy tales and legends of his native Norway: each of these scary giants acquired, through Kittelsen’s brushstrokes, a unique character, and a forlorn air.

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2021-01-22