Tapestry fans, don’t miss two pieces designed by Norwegian National Romantic period artist Gerhard Munthe at the American Swedish Institute (ASI). They are on loan
Author: Robbie LaFleur
Weaving in Minnesota, when I can!
Missing the Nicest Person Ever
My lovely aunt MaryAnn Cieklinski died last week, and I am sad to lose a life-long anchor in my life. Of course this is way
Frida Hansen Transparency in the Stavanger Library
I made special friends with a Frida Hansen transparency at the public library in Sølvberget, the Stavanger Cultural Center–I visited three times. The mermaids hang in
Tapestries Today, the Fancy Royal Kind
Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen is overbearingly baroque. Dim rooms are crammed with paintings and objects of luxurious sorts: gold, ivory, inlaid wood. In the face
Frida Hansen’s Last Large Tapestry, on my Last Day in Stavanger
Olavteppe (St. Olav Tapestry) 1927-1931 On the last day of my stay at Frida Hansens Hus in Stavanger, I walked downtown to the Domkirke, the
Frida Hansen’s Signature Roses
“Roses in the Landscape,” 1903. The roses that appear in so many of Frida Hansen’s works star alone in this double tapestry panel at the
