Towards Norway
Oil on cotton duck
November 1999-
About the work
- Location
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Country: China
City: Beijing
Place: British Embassy
Fir trees stand like sentinels along each side of an icy, snow-covered road, which recedes sharply into the distance. Wisps of mist appear to linger between the tree trunks, adding to an atmosphere of profound stillness and cold. "Towards Norway" is part of a series of paintings made by Thompson during a stay in Scandinavia, which was made possible through a scholarship. While staying in the village of Hetta, in the far north of Finland, Thompson walked this route daily, taking him from his cabin in the woods into the village, where he could collect food and provisions. Walking along this road in the winter light had a profound effect on him. Though it was his own daily route, it was also the main road towards the border with Norway.
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Explore
- Places
- Norway
- Subjects
- topography, landscape C20th, tree, road
- Materials & Techniques
- cotton duck, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Artist
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Mark Thompson (1972 - )
- Title
- Towards Norway
- Date
- November 1999
- Medium
- Oil on cotton duck
- Dimensions
- height: 189.20 cm, width: 244.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from the Contemporary Art Society, Art Futures 2000 exhibition, November 2000
- Inscription
- verso, on stretcher bar: MARK THOMPSON 2000 / "TOWARDS NORWAY"
- Provenance
- Contemporary Art Society
- GAC number
- 17518