Minneapolis Institute of Art
Salmon Fishers at Nesøya
Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel PeterssenLinkedCulture matchlcp-450952fa807d
- Date
- 1891
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 142666
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Minnesota's Boundary Waters must have seemed familiar to many nordic immigrants. This scene of salmon fishermen at rest was made on the island of Nesøya in the fjord just a few miles from the center of Kristiania, now Norway's capital city, Oslo. Eilif Peterssen played a central role in combining the ideas and techniques of French Impressionism with traditional Scandinavian painting. Here we see an unmistakably northern view of low rocky terrain covered by pine forests painted with free, open brushwork of the Impressionists. Europe
The authoritative record is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Get printable QR codesHide QR codes
Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.
Provenance & credit
As published by the source institution. Coverage varies — not every institution's open-data feed includes ownership history.
- Credit line
- Gift of funds from Nancy and Rolf Engh
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Minneapolis Institute of Art and other institutions.