Editing Norway (section)

=== Art ===
{{Main|Norwegian art}}
[[File:The Scream.jpg|thumb|[[The Scream]] by [[Edvard Munch]], 1893]]

For an extended period, the Norwegian art scene was dominated by artwork from Germany and Holland as well as by the influence of Copenhagen. It was in the 19th century that a truly Norwegian era began, first with portraits, later with impressive landscapes. [[Johan Christian Dahl]], originally from the Dresden school, eventually returned to paint the landscapes of western Norway, defining Norwegian painting for the first time."<ref name="HFG">{{cite book |author= Haverkamp, Frode |title = Hans Fredrik Gude: From National Romanticism to Realism in Landscape |language = no}}</ref>

Norway's newly found independence from Denmark encouraged painters to develop their Norwegian identity, especially with landscape painting by artists such as [[Kitty Lange Kielland|Kitty Kielland]], a female painter who studied under [[Hans Gude]], and [[Harriet Backer]], another pioneer among female artists, influenced by [[impressionism]]. [[Frits Thaulow]], an impressionist, was influenced by the art scene in Paris as was [[Christian Krohg]], a realist painter, famous for his paintings of prostitutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Norwegian.html |title=Norwegian Artists |publisher=Artcyclopedia.com |access-date=23 July 2011 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010160732/http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Norwegian.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of particular note is [[Edvard Munch]], a symbolist/expressionist painter who became world-famous for ''[[The Scream]]'' which is said to represent the anxiety of modern man. Other notable works from Munch includes [[The Sick Child (Munch)|The Sick Child]], [[Madonna (Munch)|Madonna]] and [[Puberty (Munch)|Puberty]].

Other artists of note include [[Harald Sohlberg]], a neo-romantic painter remembered for his paintings of [[Røros (town)|Røros]], and [[Odd Nerdrum]], a figurative painter who maintains that his work is not art, but [[kitsch]].