Artwork Title: Sommernatt (Summer Night)

Sommernatt (Summer Night), 1886

Eilif Peterssen

In 1886 Peterssen completed his most famous work, the oil on canvas painting entitled Sommernatt (Summer Night).... As observers we stare down at the still water of the lake during the last light of a summer’s day. Strangely, there is little shown of the sky, but the reflection of the crescent moon is a reminder of the clear sky above. Some have suggested at a hint of symbolism with this painting with the contrast between the sturdy upright tree in the right foreground and the dead birch tree, to the left, which has died and rotting, having fallen lifelessly into the lake. Is this symbolic of life itself, from sturdy youthful growth to inevitable death? {https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/]
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