The Magic North exhibition, featuring Nordic turn-of-the-century painting, has been produced by Nationalmuseum together with the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki and the National Museum in Oslo. For a whole year, it is on tour in Japan, where it will be shown in four different museums around the country.
The Magic North showcases Nordic painting from the latter half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. It presents around 70 works owned by the national galleries of Sweden, Norway, and Finland, and will introduce guests to richly poetic works of art that reflect the climates, sceneries, histories, and cultures of each country. The exhibition’s four major themes are the birth of Nordic romanticism, the nature of Scandinavia, ancient mythology and fairy tales, and the lives of people in the Nordic region.
Ernst Josephson, The Water Sprite, 1882. Oil on canvas.
Anna Boberg, Mountain Lake. Study from North Norway. Oil on cardboard, mounted on cardboard
Anders Zorn, Kål-Margit, 1901. Oil on canvas.
Carl Stefan Bennet, View of The Royal Palace in Stockholm. Winter. Oil on canvas.
August Malmström, Dancing Fairies, 1866. Oil on canvas.
Nils Kreuger, The Mountain Håstensberget near Varberg II, 1896. Oil on canvas.
From March 2024 to March 2025, The Magic North is touring Japan. It will be shown in four museums across the country.
- Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo, 23 March–9 June 2024
- Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Nagano, 13 July–23 September 2024
- Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga, 5 October–8 December 2024
- Shizouka City Museum of Art, Shizouka, 1 Februay–26 March 2025