Harriet Backer: Every Atom is Colour

$45.00 at de Young Museum.

The works of Hariet Backer, the grande dame of Norwegian Painting.Harriet Backer (1845–1932) was one of Norway’s most prominent painters of the nineteenth century and a pioneer among women artists in Europe. In 1880, she debuted in the Paris Salon and lived in Munich and Paris. Back in Oslo, she established a successful school for painters. Backer’s richly colored interior scenes, sensitive portrayals of simple rural life, portraits, and still lives are characterized by plein-air painting, realism, and…