{"product_id":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup","title":"Self Portrait (Large) By Nicolai Astrup","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eMuseum-Quality Giclée Prints\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eOur giclée prints are crafted using archival pigment inks that resist fading and faithfully preserve the original tonalities and hues of the artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eNo Watermarks or Branding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eYour print will arrive free of any watermarks or branding—just the art, exactly as intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eSizing \u0026amp; Framing Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eUnframed Matte Paper Prints:\u003c\/em\u003e Delivered in the exact dimensions of the artwork on 280 gsm Artist Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eStretched Canvas:\u003c\/em\u003e Ready to hang with neatly finished edges and solid wood support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eFramed Prints:\u003c\/em\u003e Professionally mounted in a premium wood frame with backing and wire installed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eFast, Free Shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"\" data-start=\"\"\u003eFree shipping in the USA and UK. 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The medium imposes its own discipline: line thickens and softens in ways no painted brush can replicate, and the tonal transitions between light and shadow carry the deliberate, unhurried quality of wood yielding to a blade. What the viewer encounters is not flattery but something more uncomfortable — a direct, unmediated stare from a man who has chosen exactly how much of himself to show, and the woodcut's inherent resistance to sentimentality ensures he shows nothing false.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstrup had been interested in Japanese woodcutting since his time in Paris in 1901, but it was not until 1914 that he began to focus more seriously on producing his own woodcuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis very first woodcut had been a small, black-and-white self-portrait in 1904\n— making this *Large* Self Portrait a decade-long return to the same subject, but now in full command of the medium.\nIn 1913, Astrup had settled with his wife and children at Sandalstrand on the south side of Lake Jølstravatn\n— a move that consolidated his identity as an artist rooted entirely in one place. The 1914 portrait, then, is a kind of self-definition at a decisive moment: the painter staking his claim, insisting on his own face as a subject worthy of the same intensity he brought to the fjords and bonfires of Jølster.\nThe work is now held in the collections of the Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design in Oslo, acquired from Harda Robsahm in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs wall art, this print rewards a quiet room — a study, a reading corner, anywhere that calls for a presence rather than decoration.\nInspired by Japanese ukiyo-e prints, Astrup produced multi-layered works now considered among the most original in Norwegian art history\n, and this self-portrait carries that lineage visibly: the image has graphic weight and stillness that holds its own against plain, pale walls or dark-painted panelling alike. It speaks to the viewer who is drawn to work with an interior life — art that doesn't simply fill a wall but asks something back. The gaze in this print does not wander. It meets yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Nicolai Astrup\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew painters have rendered the strange, luminous light of a Norwegian summer night quite like this one. Born in 1880 in the western fjord village of Jølster, he trained briefly in Kristiania and Paris before returning home for good, building a life and a body of work rooted in the same patch of landscape. His paintings and woodcuts of midsummer gardens, marsh marigolds and bonfire nights pull from folk tradition and the post-Impressionist palette he absorbed abroad, then bend both toward something distinctly his own. For viewers today, the appeal is immediate: dense colour, deep stillness, and a sense of place that feels both ancient and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Nicolai Astrup","offers":[{"title":"18\" x 24\" \/ Stretched Canvas","offer_id":41549904150615,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_18x24_-StretchedCanvas","price":168.45,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 24\" \/ Fine Art Paper","offer_id":41549904183383,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_18x24_-FineArtPaper","price":110.42,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 24\" \/ Antiqua Frame","offer_id":41549904216151,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_18x24_-AntiquaFrame","price":210.92,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 24\" \/ Hickory Frame","offer_id":41549904248919,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_18x24_-HickoryFrame","price":210.92,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18\" x 24\" \/ Raven Frame","offer_id":41549904281687,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_18x24_-RavenFrame","price":210.92,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24\" x 36\" \/ Stretched Canvas","offer_id":41549904347223,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_24x36_-StretchedCanvas","price":281.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24\" x 36\" \/ Fine Art Paper","offer_id":41549904379991,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_24x36_-FineArtPaper","price":168.45,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24\" x 36\" \/ Antiqua Frame","offer_id":41549904412759,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_24x36_-AntiquaFrame","price":352.48,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24\" x 36\" \/ Hickory Frame","offer_id":41549904445527,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_24x36_-HickoryFrame","price":352.48,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" x 48\" \/ Stretched Canvas","offer_id":41549904478295,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_36x48_-StretchedCanvas","price":564.82,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" x 48\" \/ Fine Art Paper","offer_id":41549904511063,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_36x48_-FineArtPaper","price":281.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" x 48\" \/ Antiqua Frame","offer_id":41549904543831,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_36x48_-AntiquaFrame","price":706.37,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" x 48\" \/ Hickory Frame","offer_id":41549904576599,"sku":"self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup-_36x48_-HickoryFrame","price":706.37,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2536\/4678\/products\/fine-art-print-self-portrait-large-by-nicolai-astrup-1171185571.jpg?v=1749718562","url":"https:\/\/trulyart.com\/en-ca\/products\/self-portrait-large-nicolai-astrup","provider":"Truly Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}