The Bergen Art Museum was delightful.  Of course they had Munch:

 The Women on the Jetty by Edvard Munch, 1902-03
 Evening on Karl Johan by Edvard Munch, 1892

But they also featured other Norwegian artists.

Revolution by Terje Nicolaisen, 2006
A Reunion by Gerhard Munthe, 1907
Buttercup's Night by Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928)
 Birthday in the Garden by Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928)

And a host of international stars.

 Nature Morte by Diego Rivera, 1913
The Port in Bordeaux by Andre Lhote (1865-1962)
 In the Desert, there are still Room for Games by Corneille, 1949
 Le future qui passe by Asger Jorn, 1962.
 untitled by Asger Jorn, 1946
Figure Composition by Ejler Bille, 1948
 May come! by Paul Klee, 1932
Meanwhile, back outside:

Ole Bull
Edvard Grieg

From Bergen, we took a series of small roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries through the archipelago to Stavinger.

 
Once a major fishing center, it now is more impacted by the oil platforms located off-shore.  There are plenty of white houses:


Lots of sculptures:

Broken Arrow by Anthony Gormley, 2005 (23 sculptures)
Soltre by Arne Vinje Gunnerud, 1984
Lots of Street Art:


And the Kunstmuseum gave us somebody new: Frida Hansen and her beautiful Art Nouveau tapestries.

Salome's Dance by Frida Hansen, 1900
 Dance of the Dragonflies by Frida Hansen, 1901
 In the Rose Garden by Frida Hansen, 1904
The Milky Way by Frida Hansen. 1898
The Dancing Mermaids by Frida Hansen, 1896

And more.

Mermaid by Olaf Lange, 1919
Broken Arrow by Anthony Gormley, 2005
Varbilde by Arne Ekeland, 1941
Back outside:

Barbarkvinnen by Magnus Vigrestad, 1913-2004
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Still rainy and overcast, but time to hit the road.  First we stopped just outside of town to see the Swords.

Swords in the Rock by Friz Roed, 1983

It was an interesting trip across the southern tip of Norway to the town of Nøtterøy, where we spent the next week painting, writing, exploring, and recharging.



Dropped by to visit the local wildlife:


Back on the road.

Empty golf course.
Share the Road.
Dishes.

We could just walk out the door to wonderful hikes in the woods above the fjord.  Nearby were only a few things to see.  Scenes from our week in Nøttøry.

Munch House in Asgardstrand.
Danse min Dukke by Brit Sorensen, 1977

Our last stop in Norway was Kristiansand where we got the ferry  for Denmark.  There was time to go into town for a visit.


After an uneventful crossing, we landed in Hirtsal, Denmark and there was kunst to greet us.

Klumpfisk by Palle Mork, 2005

We spent the next few nights on a farm in Karup, which was central for our explorations.  These were our neighbors:


For our first runout, we went southwest to Esbjerg.  And there was sculpture all the way.


In Esbjerg.

Men at Sea by Svend Wiig Hansen, 1995

The Esbjerg Art Museum is in what is now my favorite building.  Designed by Jan Utzon (son of designer of Sydney Opera House), it is a wonderful array of glass angles.  And it overlooks the sea.


The Art on the inside wasn't too bad either.  Starting with the show called Quartet.

 All the women I have ever known who have a secret by Nina Saunders, 2015
Mirage (Homage a Robert Jacobsen) by Ruth Campau, 2012
YB 2 by Anita Jorgensen, 2015

And more.

Animals in various rooms by Ejler Bille, 1937
 Portrait of Morten by Henry Heerup, c 1943
Rhinoceros mask by Egill Jacobsen, c 1943
The mystique of eroticism by Richard Mortensen, 1933
untitled by Arne Haugen Sorensen, 1970-81

They have something called Open Stores, where patrons can poke around stored Art.


A sampling of smells.

The Garden of Wittgenstein, Scentinstallation by Skeel & Skriver, 1998

And an Aesthetics Lab.

Just a few more shots.


We visited Herning two years ago, but were too late then to catch the HEART or the Carl-Henning Pedersen Museums.  HEART was contemporary and between shows.  I saw this:


While we had the good weather, we began by revisiting the Carl Henning-Pedersen wall at the old museum that he did in 1990.


And the sculpture garden.

Pede Rasmussen

Then the CHP Museum.

 Den Seende by Carl-Henning Pedersen, 2001
 The Lonely by Carl-Henning Pedersen, 1854.
The Heavenly Dancers by Carl-Henning Pedersen, 1995
With Red Moon by Else Alfelt, 1961 (wife of CHP)
Night Fall by Marianne Gronnow, 2007
On to Holstebro.

St. George & the Dragon by Sten Lykke Madsen, 1986
Lady on a cart by Alberto Giacometti

We were meeting our friend Helle Freja at the Art Museum. We started with some Henry Heerup.

The Suckling by Henry Heerup, 1934
 Sera. In memory of the Artist's Mother by Henry Heerup, 1952
Frieze of Life by Henry Heerup, 1952
 Solar Eclipse by Henry Heerup, 1954
Owl by Henry Heerup, 1946

And Sonja Ferlov Mancoba.

Mask and Rib by Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, 1970
The Warrior by Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, 1961

And a special show by Olivia Holm-Meller.

Self-portrait with palette and horse by Olivia Holm-Meller, c 1947
Love couple and jealous girl in red by Olivia Holm-Meller
 Music by Olivia Holm-Meller, 1930-32
Theatre. The Wife of Lot by Olivia Holm-Meller, 1929
Musical Composition I-V by Olivia Holm-Meller, 1940.
The Hel Horse by Olivia Holm-Meller, 1940
Skaal!


The next day we went to see the Sneglehuset in Thyboron.  This is something Helle Freja's grandfather took her to see when they went to the shore.  On the way we met this trio:


Fisherman Alfred Pedersen began encrusting his house with shells in 1935 and it is still a work in progress.


We stayed south along the coast until we got to the Jens Sondergaard Museum in Lemvig.  The lighthouse is the big draw here, but Sondergaard's lonely studio overlooking the ocean is special.

 Bovbjerg Lighthouse
Landskab med gammel mand by Jens Sondergaard, 1949
Silkeborg is the home of Asger Jorn and we had to make a return visit.  The Kunstcentret occupies what was once a major spa built in 1883.  Five buildings and a lot of sculpture in a forest around a lake.

 Vann Mann by Oddvar I.N.,  2002
 No plac, 3 huse by Gerda Thune Andersen, 2009
Bandelier by Stuart Frost, 2009
 Jern og rustfrit stal by Steen Folmer Jensen, 1998
Fem porte og to staende vaegge by Peter Ronnen, 1997

There was a special show pairing Henry Heerup with contemporary artist Leif Sylvester.

by Leif Sylvester
The Farm by Henry Heerup, 1943
Leif Sylvester
Henry Heerup
 untitled by Henry Heerup, 1953
Bride in the Verge by Leif Sylvester, 2009
 The Clog Man by Henry Heerup, 1936
untitled by Henry Heerup, 1970

Paintings by Anton Hansen hung in the old spa.

Two Nymphs by Anton Hansen, undated
Wave Spying on a Water Nymph by Anton Hansen, 1937
Asger Jorn on this way to Paris by Henry Heerup, 1974

The Asger Jorn Museum, also in Silkeborg, was next.

Inspired by Brancusi's studio in front of Centre Pompidou
14 Blue Stones by Erik Nyholm

by Pierre Alechinsky
by Jean Dubuffet

We were already fans of Jorn but have recently learned about his influence on the German group SPUR.  And as the above drawing shows, Jorn did go to Paris where he worked with Roberto Matta as an assistant to Fernand Léger in creating the great mural Le Transporte des forces for a pavilion at the Paris World's Fair of 1937.  Jorn then worked under Le Corbusier on a mural, while Matta assisted with Guernica.

The Foam of the Wave by Asger Jorn, 1963-70
On the Road by Asger Jorn, 1938
untitled (Composition) by Asger Jorn, 1940
The Troll and the Birds by Asger Jorn, 1944.
untitled by Constant, Erik Nyholm, Karel Appel, Corneille & Asger Jorn, 1949
untitled by Carl-Henning Pedersen, c 1940
Bird Man by Ejler Bille, 1937
Composition in Red by Egill Jacobsen, 1948
The next day we drove into Copenhagen, returned the car, and got on a plane to Lisbon.  (click here.)
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