Fisherman's Cottage1906
Harald Oscar Sohlberg painted this in 1906, aged 37. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago. More about this work
About this work
Dark twilight scene of a a brightly illuminated white cottage along the shore of an expansive body of water, seen through a thick of silhouetted trees.
Description from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Harald Oscar Sohlberg painted this in 1906, aged 37. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
How it was made
- Oil paint
- Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
Harald Oscar Sohlberg
Norwegian, 1869–1935
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Art Institute of Chicago has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2000.1
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- Modern Art
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
