Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914), ‘Apokalypse Döden’, 1906
Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914), ‘Apokalypse Döden’, 1906 theodor kittelsen apokalypse döden death norwegian artist norwegian painters
Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914), “Fairy Tales from the Far North” by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, 1897Source theodor kittelsen theodor severin kittelsen norwegian artists illustrators illustration illustrations peter christen asbjørnsen children's books fairy tales fairy tales from the far north vintage art vintage illustration
Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892), ‘The Wild Hunt of Odin’, 1868 peter nicolai arbo the wild hunt odin wotan norwegian artist norwegian painters norse myth norse mythology
Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892), ‘Åsgårdsreien’, 1872 peter nicolai arbo Åsgårdsreien the wild hunt norwegian artist norwegian painters norse myth norse mythology
Olaf Gulbransson (1873-1958), ‘Morstrott’, “Simplicissimus”, #48, Feb. 23, 1921Source olaf gulbransson Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson norwegian artist norwegian painter illustrator illustrations simplicissimus danse macabre death
Edvard Munch (1863-1944), ‘Harpy’, 1899“The ‘battle of the sexes’ is a central theme in Edvard Munch’s oeuvre. Although a great innovator of artistic form and a precursor of Expressionism, he was in sentiment very much a man of the fin de siècle, and the motif of the femme fatale preying on helpless man was a pervasive theme in art and literature at the end of the 19th century. Munch found a harrowing and powerful expression of this idea in the image of a harpy, a bird of prey with the head and body of a woman, about to sink her talons into the skeletal corpse of a man. As a subject, it is closely related to Munch’s famous 1893 woodcut and painting Love and Pain (aka Vampire), in which a red-haired woman seems to bite the neck of a man. Impressions of this print are extremely rare.”Source: http://www.christies.com/features/Halloween-Death-and-desire-7771-1.aspx edvard munch harpy norwegian artist norwegian painter
Otto Sinding (1842-1909), “Fairy Tales from the Far North” by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, 1897Source otto sinding norwegian artist illustrator illustrations fairy tales from the far north peter christen asbjørnsen fairy tales children's stories children's books folklore vintage illustration
Fredrik Raddum, ‘Trans ī re’, 2017Source fredrik raddum norwegian artist sculptor sculptures trans ī re this amused me
James Ensor (1860-1949), ‘Death Pursuing a Flock of Humans’, 1896“Ensor’s web-footed Death hovering over a shrieking crowd of people is a caricature of the traditional iconography of the Triumph of Death. As in the medieval tradition of the Danse Macabre, he is the great leveller who reaps all of humanity, irrespective of status, wealth, power or moral virtue. The crowd includes all strata of society: from peasants and soldiers to monks, judges and kings. In his depiction of this teeming mass, Ensor took inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Man of the Crowd, in which the author presents his vision of mankind being blinded by mundane concerns and desires. With characteristically savage humour, Ensor turns this into a burlesque comedy of Death — witness the glutton vomiting on passers-by while behind him two women feast. Distracted by vice and excess, mankind is oblivious to the mortal threat that will inevitably unite us all. This is not a formal procession — the crowd rushes forward as an endless mass of humanity hurtling towards its unavoidable fate.”Source: http://www.christies.com/features/Halloween-Death-and-desire-7771-1.aspx james ensor Death Pursuing a Flock of Humans death belgian artists belgian painters printmaker
Eric Fraser (1902-1983) “Anglo-Saxon Poetry”, Selected and Translated by Robert Kay Gordon, 1976Source Eric Fraser british artists anglo-saxon poetry book covers cover art book design dragon slayers Robert Kay Gordon poetry