Winter Night in the Mountains | Harald Sohlberg | 1914 16th Century " was created by Petrus

" was created by Petrus van Schendel

as the couple embrace

their extraordinary imagination has ensured his status as a cult figure for over five centuries

directional light

A young peasant girl sits barefoot by a still pond

Winter Night in the Mountains | Harald Sohlberg | 1914 16th Century " was created by PetrusWinter Night in the Mountains is the name of several versions of a composition created in several techniques by the Norwegian artist Harald Sohlberg (18691935). The most famous version is an oil painting completed in 1914 and held by the National Gallery in Oslo since 1918. Sohlberg began to work on the subject in early 1900, after seeing the mountains of Rondane in bluish moonlight while skiing nearby on Easter 1899 or 1900. He moved in 1900 to a