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Southward Returns to Norway for Good

December 10, 2025 Robbie LaFleur

There was an amazing official announcement today from the Stavanger Kunstmuseum. Frida Hansen’s monumental tapestry, Sørover [Southward], was purchased by the Christen Sveaas’ Kunststiftelse (Christen

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Frida Hansen’s Last Large Tapestry, on my Last Day in Stavanger

May 21, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

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

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Frida Hansen’s Signature Roses

May 21, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

“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

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Frida Hansen’s “Hoisommer” (High Summer)

May 20, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

High Summer, 1921, is one of Frida Hansen’s later transparent panels, and it hangs in the Stavanger Art Museum. It has a sort of crazy sense

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A Centerpiece of the Stavanger Art Museum Frida Hansen Collection

May 18, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

When you walk into the gallery devoted to Frida Hansen at the Stavanger Art Museum, “Semper Vadentes” hangs prominently, with four figures leading you out

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Today’s Frida Hansen Transparency: Clematis and Birds of Paradise

May 15, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

As I walked by “Clematis and Birds of Paradise” (1924) in the Stavanger Art Museum, I was drawn to the birds with long flowing tails.

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