After studying art for many years under highly respected teachers, Asta Nørregaard (1853–1933) became an established artist. She exhibited at the Paris Salon and carried out numerous portrait commissions for prominent figures from the upper class of Norwegian society, and from the fields of science and culture. She also ran her own painting school and established endowments for female artists and musicians. Even though Nørregaard is primarily known for her portraits, she also painted landscapes, interiors, and religious scenes. For many years, Nørregaard was overshadowed by more famous contemporaries, but recently she has gained recognition as a substantial force in Norwegian art history.<\/p>\n
This book brings together the breadth of Nørregaard’s artistic practice. It presents portraits of leading cultural and scientific figures of her time, studies of dress and fashion, and a museum-based detective story in which the question of who is portrayed takes centre stage. Taken together, the texts offer an understanding of Nørregaard, not only as a portrait painter, but as an active participant in the art world and as an artist who challenged the boundaries of what women could be in her time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For many years, Nørregaard was overshadowed by more famous contemporaries, but recently she has gained recognition as a substantial force in Norwegian art history. The publication shows many of her major works from the late 1870s through to the 1920s, with an emphasis on the period around 1900.
Foreword
\nAsta Nørregaard’s Artistic Philosophy and Network — Vibeke Waallann Hansen
\nAsta Nørregaard’s Book of Portraits: For the Sake of the Future — Wenche Volle
\nAsta Nørregaard’s Pastels — Kari Greve
\nReligious Subjects Painted by Asta Nørregaard — Ellen J. Lerberg
\nPortraits as “Cultural-Historical Documents” — Ellen J. Lerberg
\nA Touch of Beauty: Asta Nørregaard’s Portrait of Katti Anker Møller — Hege Duckert
\nIn Search of an Identity: From Frogner to Chicago — Trine Nordkvelle
\nAsta Nørregaard – Painting Fashion — Hanne Eide
\n“I Paint Pretty Dresses” — Janne H. Arnesen
\n“The City’s Eminent and Worthy Men” — Ellen J. Lerberg
\nExhibited Works
\nAppendix
\nAbout the Authors
\nAsta Nørregaard Timeline
\nPhoto Credits – Exhibited Works
\nIllustrations
\nSelected Bibliography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":78871,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78870","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-edited-by-kristian-wikborg-wiese","8":"author-edited-by-wenche-volle","9":"publisher-national-museum-oslo","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n