Arts Global

The Foundation opened its 2005 season in sumptuous style with a guided private viewing for Friends and invited guests of a remarkable exhibition Northern Impressions 1800-1915 at the Hermitage Foundation in Lausanne.

The exhibition gave an exceptional overview of the wealth of painting talent which existed in Scandinavia during the period. Most of the artists represented are little known outside their native countries, and their work came as a revelation to the majority of visitors.

The event concluded with a convivial candlelit reception and cocktail, which also celebrated the recent appointment of Ms Juliane Cosandier, Curator and Director of the Hermitage Foundation, as a member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation.

Some of the Paintings on Display

Georg Nicolaj Achen The dream window, 1903 Oil on canvas, 71,5 x 49,3 cm ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark © Photo : Pedersen, Århus

Akseli Gallen-Kallela Clouds above a lake, 1904 Oil on canvas, 52 x 56 cm The Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo, Finland © Photo : Studio Douglas Sivèn

Vilhelm Hammershøi Interior with Plant and Table, 1910-1911 Oil on canvas, 78,5 x 71 cm Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden © Photo : Malmö Konstmuseum

Vilhelm Hammershøi Portrait of a young woman, 1888 Oil on canvas, 33,1 x 27 cm Fynen Art M Museum, Odense City Museums, Denmark © Photo : Wermund Bendtsen Fotografi ApS

Eugène Jansson Dawn over Riddarfjärden, 1899 Oil on canvas, 150 x 201 cm Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden © Photo : Hans Thorwid

Laurits Andersen Ring A summers day at Roskilde fjord, 1900 Oil on canvas, 95,5 x 145,5 cm Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark © Photo : Randers Kunstmuseum

Eugène Jansson Winter night on the quai, 1901 Oil on canvas, 135 x 150 cm Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden © Photo : Thielska Gallerie

Peder Severin Krøyer Summer evening on Skagens southern beach, 1893 Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm Skagens Museum, Denmark © Photo : Esben H. Thorning