Edvard Munch
The fairy forest
The fairy forest
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About the original:
In 1903, Munch was asked by doctor Max Linde to decorate his child's room in the family's villa in Lübeck. When Munch presented the motifs to Linde in December 1904, they were not well received. The doctor found the motifs of kissing and dancing couples a bit "adult" for placement in a children's room. One exception was perhaps the motif associated with the "fairy tale forest", but this was not acquired by Linde either. The "Linde frieze"'s paintings thus ended up in various places. Munch had been working on the fairytale forest as a motif since the summer in Åsgårdstrand in 1903. He continued to deal with it, among other things, in the so-called "Freia frieze". It was commissioned by director Johan Throne Holst for the chocolate factory Freia's 25th anniversary in 1923.
The Adventure Forest is a testamentary gift from Alfred Larsen in 1951.
Text: Ellen J. Lerberg
From "Edvard Munch in the National Museum", The National Museum 2008, ISBN 978-82-8154-034-7
Date: 1901 or 1902
Other titles: The Fairytale Forest (ENG)
Designation: Painting
Material and technique: Oil on canvas
Technique: Oil
Material: Canvas
Dimensions: 79 x 106.5 cm
Subject: Visual arts
Classification: 532 - Visual arts
Motif: Landscape
Type of motif: Landscape
Acquisition: Testamentary gift from Alfred Larsen 1950, received 1951
Inventory no.: NG.M.02237
Part of exhibition: Munch and Photography, 1997
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Registration level: Single object
Owner and collection: The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Visual Art Collections
Photo: Børre Høstland/Lathion, Jacques
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