Text by Communications Advisor Ellisiv Brattfjord.

Hertervig did not render the landscape as realistically as possible. He filtered what he saw and therefore presents you with a more personal interpretation of his experience of the landscape. Hertervig's paintings express the artist's inner and emotional landscape rather than the external and realistic.

Ellen Lerberg, Senior Curator Learning at the National Museum.

Lars Hertervig was born in 1830 in Tysvær in Rogaland County of humble origins. His family were Quakers, which according to Lerberg may have influenced his art:

Quakers cultivate the divine light, just as Hertervig did. The compositions are often calm and invite reflection.