Romancing the Moon ; Terry Grimley Welcomes an Exhibition That Illuminates a Previously Dark Corner of European Painting
Birmingham Post › January 25, 2006
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Four years ago Birmingham's Barber Institute bought a tiny but rare and magnificent painting by the Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl (1788-1857).
One of only two paintings by Dahl in a British museum, it took the Barber's collection into new and exotic territory without in any way compromising its quality.See the full content of this document
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Romancing the Moon ; Terry Grimley Welcomes an Exhibition That Illuminates a Previously Dark Corner of European Painting
Since then the Barber has acquired a painting by Dahl's pupil Thomas Fearnley, also Norwegian despite the surname he inherited from his English grandfather.
Until recent times Scandinavian art has been right off the map for British art ...See the full content of this document
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