Line Bergseth, Norway

Lilium
18.3 - 6.5, 2001

Paintings and Installation

Salvador Dali, Spain

13.5 - 2.9, 2001

Waterworks

U.S. Watercolour 2001
20.5 - 2.9, 2001

Contemporary art from USA, mainly New York.
Curated by Kim Levin, New York, art critic and president
in AICA.

Exhibition catalogue available.

Göran Dalhov, Sweden

Waterways
16.9 - 14.10, 2001

Come with Göran Dalhov along the waterways of the Swedish west coast, in French Provence and through the dramatic landscape of Wales. His apt brush and sharp eye enable us to share in his enjoyment of natural phenomena, flora and fauna. While rooted in a classic watercolour tradition with influences from England he nevertheless lives close to the everyday and in touch with global environmental concerns.

Exhibition catalogue available.

Nature

9.10, 2001 - 27.1, 2002

The autumn exhibition programme treated the countryside and the environment. Complementing the exhibitions were works from the museum's own collections on the same theme. Under the collective heading 'Nature' ten Nordic artists presened their impressions of our surroundings, all of them working from their own conditions and experience. From urban landscape to Scandinavian fjelds and the oceans of the world - these where personal interpretations by interesting contemporary artists using varied watercolour techniques.

Mats Gustafson, USA

1989 - 2001
21.10 - 2.12, 2001

When one sees Mats Gustafson's art the concept of 'beauty' springs unbidden to mind. Following on his impressive background as international fashion illustrator he has now embarked on the path of the free arts. This exhibition, which includes both earlier and new works by him, ranges from romantic nature paintings of the American east coast to sensitive animal portraits and graceful body studies. Mats Gustafson lives and works in New York and Sag Harbour, Long Island, USA.

Bodil Kaalund, Denmark

Pictures from the Bible
22.11, 2001 - 4.3, 2002

The Danish Bible Society (Det Danske Bibelsällskap) recently published a deluxe edition of the Bible in Danish. To this edition original illustrations in watercolours were ordered from one of Denmark's most well-known church artists: Bodil Kaalund, who is also a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Art. (Den Kongelige Kunstakademien). The exhibitions displays the original illustrations as well as a collection of paintings on the same theme.

Notes

22.11, 2001

Art from the nordic watercolor museums own collection.
Artists: Solveig Adalsteinsdóttir, Vanessa Baird, Jan Hietala, Kati Immonen, Arne Isacsson, Arto Korhonen; Michael Kvium, Tone Myskja, Finnbogi Pétursson, Ulf Rollof, Hannu Väisänen.

Ships' Portraits

9.12 - 27.1, 2002

This was an exhibition of ships' portraits from two different archipelagoes -Tjörn in Sweden and Åland in Finland - where maritime trade is still of major importance. But this is far from being an exhibition by local or even provincial talents; these ships' portraits were frequently commissioned in ports abroad and are the work of experienced painters who have acquired great technical skill in the depiction of water, sky and ship with all relevant details.

Exhibition catalogue available.

In the gallery Thordénrummet

Gunilla Hansson, Sweden
8.3 - 6.5, 2001

Aquarell / Watercolour
13.5 - 2.9, 2001

Stina Wirsén, Sweden
21.10 - 2.12, 2001