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The Art and Crafts Museum in Trondheim is closed due to a major renovation of the building. Meanwhile they have small exhibitions in this small building, Gråmølna.
There are many small art museums and galleries in Trondheim. Today is a rainy day, and Terje and I decided to go downtown to visit an exhibition with art made by our Royal Highness Queen Sonja. Unfortunately the exhibit will not open until later today, so instead we went to this Art and Crafts place, where there is for the moment an exhibition connected to the Art and Crafts Movement - really a favourite of mine.
Only last week I learned about the Norwegian textile artist Frida Hansen and her art nouveau tapestries, inspired by gardens and flowers. Frida Hansen was born in Stavanger in 1855 and died in Oslo in 1931. The Norwegian National Gallery wrote about her in a post on Facebook last week, which caught my interest. I stated to read about her, and was pleasantly surprised yesterday when a friend sent me a message to let me know that one of Hansen´s tapestries were to be seen at Gråmølna.
And today I was able to study and enjoy the tapestry myself. Here is a small piece of it, you can see the whole tapestry in the previous picture.
After we visited the home of Karin and Carl Larsson in Sweden back in August, I have been studying Karin Larsson´s work. And as always, one thing leads to another, Karin Larsson was inspired by the Art and Crafts Movement, so I have also dug out my books about Willian Morris and his daughter May Morris.
I was very pleased today to find two of Willian Morris´works on display at Gråmølna.
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Over the last few years I have been playing artistically with my knitting. I already know that Karin Larsson will inspire me in my future work, probably William and May Morris as well, and now I am curious to see more of Frida Hansen´s textile art.
I took loads of pictures today, and here is one more impression I want to share with you. An embroidery inspired by the Patheon in Rome, sewn on wall, using strands of hair from horses, made by the Icelandic artist Málfridur Adalsteinsdottir.
