VORE OLDE FORÆLDRES LAND By Carl Wille Schnitler Norwegian Art 1910 HC

Description: "Vore Olde Forædres Land" is a 9 1/4" x 12" hardcover compiled and authored by C. W. Schnitler, his first published book. This book shows art of the 1700's and 1800's by artists the author maintained reacquired a feeling of nature that was lost in the Renaissance". The text consists of 11 pages, Index 2 pages, and 2 pages of "Billedfortegnelse", PLUS 83 paintings of which only 8 are in color hang-drops, all are scenes of Norway's nature, with each page blank on the opposite side. This is a First Edition Published by Forlag Av Norsk Folkemuseum and Kirste & Sieberth Bok-Og Kunsttrykkeri in Kristiania, Norway in 1910. The short (1/2 page) "Introduction" or "Foreword" was written by HANS AALL who was the founding director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in 1894, who chaired the museum for 52 years until his death in 1946. He was decorated Knight of the Order Of St Olav in 1909, and Commander of the Order of Vasa and Grand Knight of the Icelandic Order Of The Falcon. This was the first book compiled by Carl Willie Schnitler (1879 – 1926) " a Norwegian art historian who was noted for his national orientated writings on art, which spanned from the antiquity to contempory society". "He became best known for his work Slegten fra 1814, which became a primer in Norwegian historiography. Media postage will be $6.88 for anywhere in the United States, the book without wrapping weighs 2 pounds 4 ounces .

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