Research Catalog

Title

Harriet Backer : every atom is colour / editor, Kristian Wikborg Wiese ; authors, Emilie Boe Bierlich [and seven others].

Publication

• Munich : Hirmer, [2023]
• ©2023

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Backer, Harriet, 1845-1932.
• Wiese, Kristian Wikborg, 1986-
• Boe Bierlich, Emilie
• Hareide, Torkjell
• Barclay, Benedict
• Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design (Norway), host institution.
• Nationalmuseum (Sweden), host institution.
• Musée d'Orsay, host institution.
• KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, host institution.

Description

237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimile, portraits; 29 cm

Summary

Harriet Backer (1845-1932) was one of Norway's most prominent painters of the 19th century and a pioneer among women artists in Europe. In 1880, she debuted in the Paris Salon and lived in Munich and Paris. Back in Oslo, she established a successful school for painters. This catalogue presents Backer to an international audience, thus giving her back the place she deserves in art history. Harriet Backer's richly coloured interior scenes, sensitive portrayals of simple rural life, her portraits and still lifes are characterised by plein-air painting, realism and Impressionism. Her works stand out, not only in Norway, but also in the European context, when it comes to originality, scope and quality. The publication highlights her artistic achievements and places her oeuvre in the European context.

Uniform Title

Harriet Backer (Hirmer)

Alternative Title

Every atom is colour

Subject

• Backer, Harriet, 1845-1932 > Exhibitions
• Backer, Harriet, 1845-1932

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, 29 September 2023 - 14 January 2024; at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 22 February - 18 August 2024; at Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, 24 September 2024 - 11 January 2025; at Kode Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen, Norway, 21 February - 15 June 2025.
• "English translations: Torkjell Hareide and Benedict Barclay for Språkverkstaden, except the article 'Harriet Backer's Artistic Networks and Transnational Education in Munich and Paris' (original in English)"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236).

Contents

Every atom is colour / Vibeke Waallann Hansen and Tove Haugsbø -- Narrative rooms / Vibeke Waallann Hansen -- Harriet Backer's artistic networks and transnational education in Munich and Paris / Carina Rech -- 'And my intention with the picture : music' : Harriet Backer and the relationship between painting and music / Tove Haugsbø -- Church interiors and rituals : Harriet Backer's church motifs / Ragnhild M. Bø -- Up close : Harriet Backer's painting technique in The Farewell and Evening, Interior / Vilde Dalåsen and Mirjam Liu -- Canon, gender and power : perspective on a canon formation / Emilie Boe Bierlich -- Chronology / Ellen Lerberg.

Call Number

JQF 24-446

ISBN

• 9783777442105
• 3777442100
• 9783777442129 (canceled/invalid)
• 9783777442136 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2023506030
• https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301327721

OCLC

1400106947

Title

Harriet Backer : every atom is colour / editor, Kristian Wikborg Wiese ; authors, Emilie Boe Bierlich [and seven others].

Publisher

Munich : Hirmer, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236).

Added Author

Backer, Harriet, 1845-1932.

Wiese, Kristian Wikborg, 1986- editor.

Boe Bierlich, Emilie, writer of added commentary.

Hareide, Torkjell, translator.

Barclay, Benedict, translator.

Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design (Norway), host institution.

Nationalmuseum (Sweden), host institution.

Musée d'Orsay, host institution.

KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes, host institution.

Other Standard Identifier

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301327721 uri

Research Call Number

JQF 24-446