This year's work of art
This year's artwork is Revebjeller by Nikolai Astrup.
Revebjeller is one of Nikolai Astrup's best-known works and depicts the Jölster landscape in full floral splendour. Foxglowe flowers (revebjeller) were one of Nikolai's favourites. He had the flower planted in his home garden and it can be found in several of his paintings.
Nikolai Johannes Astrup was born on August 30th 1880 in Nordfjord
in Norway. As a child, he suffered from severe asthma that would
follow him for the rest of his life. Many childhood nights he spent
outside in the cold air, which was easier to breathe, and perhaps
this is where the seed of his artistry was sown. Nature is central
to his art and the Jölster landscape, bathed in the soft light
of the summer night, is a motif Nikolai returned to several times
during his artistry.
Nikolai was sent to school to study theology and Latin. His
notebooks from this time are filled with nature studies: flowers,
animals and vast landscapes. With the worst grades in the class, he
returned home and when he was nineteen he moved to Kristiania
(Oslo) to study art.
The art took him to Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm, but he
eventually returned Jölster. His memories from the nature
there are preserved in his art. Nikolai Astrup died of pneumonia on
January 21, 1928. Today he is considered one of Norway's foremost
artists.
You are more than welcome to use it as inspiration to try to
create something yourselves with the same technique. Feel free to
use the poster to inform about your morning dawn and / or dusk
event. Put the poster on bulletin boards, use it as an illustration
for online invitations, newsletters, emails or social media. You
can also decorate entrances and the room used for the event with
the poster, and use it for other purposes.