Nordlichter - Hatje Cantz

A hardcover book titled Nordlichter is shown at an angle on a white background. The cover features a colorful expressionist painting of a coastal landscape under a purple sky. The title is printed in a gold sans-serif font on the cover and the purple spine.

A vertical painting of a sunlit winter landscape viewed from above. In the foreground, a snowy slope with tracks descends into a dense green and gold pine forest covering a hill. In the distance, a vast, pale body of water stretches across the horizon under a light blue sky.

An art book titled Nord Lichter in silver lettering, set against a white background. The cover features an expressionist painting of a coastal landscape with a purple sea, sailboats, and vibrant, swirling green trees in the foreground.

A stylized painting of a night landscape, split horizontally. The top half shows the silhouettes of tall pine trees against a deep blue sky over distant hills. The darker bottom half depicts the forest floor, with a small, solitary white cottage on the far right, glowing with a soft interior light.

A 3D point cloud scan of a fantastical cave, where a wooden boardwalk leads into a dark, cavernous space illuminated by swirling, glowing particles of neon green, yellow, and magenta, creating a surreal and otherworldly landscape.

A vintage sepia photograph shows three women and a man posing outside a rustic log cabin shanty in a clearing by a lake. The landscape is scattered with tree stumps and logs, and a large two-man saw rests in the foreground, indicating a logging or pioneer settlement. Handwritten text below identifies the scene.

A two-page spread of a book in German against a pale blue-gray background. The left page is titled LEIHGEBER and lists acknowledgements. The right page shows the table of contents, with section titles like VORWORT UND DANK, WERKE, and BIOGRAFIEN, along with their corresponding page numbers.

A two-page spread from a book on artist Lawren S. Harris, displaying two of his stylized paintings of Lake Superior. The left painting shows dramatic sunbeams breaking through dark clouds over purple and red islands. The right painting is a serene view of the lake with smooth, dark rocks in the foreground under a vast blue sky with long, thin clouds.

An open art book showing a two-page spread. The left page has a full-page, black-and-white photo of artist Anna Boberg in heavy winter clothing, standing in the snow and holding a portable easel and painting equipment. The right page features her name, dates 1864-1935, and a biography in German.

A landscape painting by Harald Sohlberg, Landstrasse II, set against a white background with text. The painting shows a winding country road at sunset, framed by a large dark pine tree and a wooden fence. The road passes through green hills towards a distant forest and purple mountains under a glowing yellow-orange sky.

An open art book displaying two landscape paintings by J.E.H. MacDonald on light blue pages. The painting on the left depicts a vibrant, cloudy sunset over a lake, while the painting on the right shows a snowy landscape in front of a dense forest.

An open art book on a white surface, displaying a full-bleed, two-page spread of a vibrant, psychedelic image. Against a black background, textured plumes of green, yellow, orange, and purple energy rise upwards. In the center, a tiny, reddish-orange figure stands on a purple wooden structure, dwarfed by the colorful, swirling masses.

An art book spread showing two paintings. On the left is Akseli Gallen-Kallela's painting of a house in the snow at night with a lit window. On the right is Edvard Munch's painting of children standing at the edge of a dark, stylized forest under a swirling sky.

A two-page spread from a book on the artist Anna Boberg, displaying two of her paintings of the Northern Lights over Norwegian landscapes. The painting on the left shows green and yellow aurora behind dark, jagged mountains reflected in water. The vertical painting on the right depicts a dramatic, textured cascade of blue, green, and purple light over a rocky shoreline and the sea.

An oil painting by Helmi Biese from 1899 showing a rugged archipelago landscape. In the foreground, gnarled pine trees grow among large, weathered grey boulders on a shore. In the background, the blue sea stretches out to distant islands under a sky with puffy white clouds.

A page from a German art book titled NORDLICHTER – EINE EINFÜHRUNG by Ulf Küster. The page features a colorful painting by Helmi Biese, depicting a windswept, green, rocky coastline overlooking a vast sea with distant islands under a cloudy sky. A column of text about Nordic art is on the right.

A two-page spread from an art book on Edvard Munch. The left page shows his painting Tannenwald, a vibrant and dark forest scene with tall, slender trees. The right page shows his painting Der gelbe Baumstamm, a snowy forest landscape with a prominent, felled yellow log in the foreground.

A two-page spread from a book on the artist Emily Carr, showing two of her paintings from 1931-32. On the left is Abstrakte Baumformen, an abstract work with flowing, colorful waves of green, yellow, and red. On the right is Wald, British Columbia, a dark, stylized forest with massive, undulating tree trunks and a heavy green canopy.

An oil painting by Lawren S. Harris of a winter forest scene titled Schneefantasie. A path leads through a dense wood of evergreen trees heavily laden with thick, sculpted white snow. The scene is rendered in cool tones of blue and purple, with bold, visible brushstrokes and a glimpse of pale light in the background.

A two-page spread from an art book on Edvard Munch. The left page shows his painting Moonlight, a coastal scene with a bright moon reflection on the water. The right page shows his painting Vampire in the Forest, depicting two figures embracing in a dense, green wood.

Nordlichter

€ 58.00

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Edited by: Ulf Küster für die Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel

Graphic Design: Mues Design, London

Texts by: Katerina Atanassova, Louise Bannwarth, Helga Christoffersen, Anne-Maria Pennonen, Angela Lampe, Ulf Küster

German

February 2025, 240 Pages, 140 Ills., 140 Photos

Hardcover

235mm x 275mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5914-4

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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The Forest in modernist art

The fascination of the North is enduring: vast, impenetrable coniferous forests on the edge of the Arctic polar region, "white" summer nights, the long darkness of snowy winters and the famous Northern Lights exert a magical attraction. The Fondation Beyeler is dedicating an exhibition to this global phenomenon with landscape paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries from Scandinavia, Finland and Canada. In addition to works by famous painters such as Edvard Munch, Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hilma af Klint, it also features paintings by artists who are highly respected in their home countries, but who—unjustly—have been virtually unknown in Central Europe until now. The Nordic pictorial worlds of Harald Sohlberg, Gustaf Fjæstad, Emily Carr, Tom Thomson and Prince Eugen of Sweden are finally being presented to a wide audience. Other artists represented in the exhibition and catalogue are Ivan Shishkin, Anna Boberg, Helmi Biese, Lawren S. Harris and J. E. H. Macdonald.

EXHIBITION

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, January 1-May 25, 2025

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY, August 1, 2025-January 12,2026