(22 February 2017) The exhibition “In the light of Italy: a Norwegian – Danish art community, from 1879 to 1886” will be inaugurated on March 4 at the Art Museum in Lillehammer, Norway. The exhibition tells the story of a group of Danish and Norwegian artists who pursued their dream of retiring in the small Italian town of Sora (in southern Lazio) and Civita d’Antino (Abbruzzo). Here painters Peder Severin Krøyer, Eilif Peterssen, Christian Meyer Ross, Joakim Skovgaard, Kristian Zahrtmann, Theodor Philipsen and Viggo Pedersen developed their style of painting into a larger realism, inspired by “Italian light”, monumental landscapes and the impressive daily life of their inhabitants. The President of the Norwegian Parliament, Olemic Thommessen will lead the inauguration of the exhibition which was organised by the Den Hirschsprungske Samling museumin Copenhagen, the Skovgaard Museet in Viborg, and the Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Oslo. For the occasion, the Italian Cellist, Emery Cardas and violinist Berit Cardas will hold a concert at the museum. (Red)
