Nikolai Astrup
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Nikolai Astrup was a Norwegian modernist painter. Astrup was a distinctive, innovative artist noted principally for his intense use of color depicting the lush landscapes of Vestlandet featuring the t
Nikolai Astrup 1910
St. Hansbål ved Jølstervatnet, 1909 (St. John's Eve bonfire at Jølstravatn)
Selfportrait, 1904
Portrait of Nikolai Bernhard Folkestad (1879 –1933)
Ålhus
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Ålhus is a small village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the European route E39 highway on the northern side of the lake Jølstravatnet, in a largely agricultu
Nikolai Astrup
…traditional way of life in the region. Nikolai Johannes Astrup was born in the village of Kalvåg on the island of Frøya in Norway. Astrup grew up in Ålhus in rural Jølster Municipality between the Sognefjord and the Nordfjord. He was the eldest son of eleven children born to Christian Astrup (1844–1919…
Photograph of Ålhus Church Credit: Anders Beer Wilse