Bischoffs book on Munch and the booklet on the Vigeland park can be bought in the bookshop in the National Gallery
Required reading:
1) Texts printed in compendium avalible at the copi center at Akademika
- Malmanger, Magne: One Hundred Years of Norwegian Painting, 1988. Oslo : Nasjonalgalleriet. pp. 5-127.
- Malmanger, Magne: ”The Flight of Time and the Unique Event. Adolph Tidemand in Search of the Norwegian People” in: Der aander en tindrende Sommerluft varmt over Hardangerfjords Vande... Tidemand & Gude [Exhibition catalogue] , 2003. Oslo : Nasjonalgalleriet . pp. 194-201; ill. pp. 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
- Ydstie, Ingebj?rg: ”Thundering Waterfalls and Mighty Cascades. The Waterfall from Typology to Topology” in: Levande vatn. Fossen som natur og symbol [Living Water. The Waterfall as Nature and Symbol], 1999. Baroniet Rosendal . pp. 38-52; ill. pp. 26, 27.
- Wichstr?m, Anne: “At Century’s End: Harriet Backer, Kitty Kielland, Asta N?rregaard”, in At Century’s End: Norwegian Artists and the Figurative Tradition 1880/1990, Norway 1995, pp. 21-43
- Koefoed, Holger: “A Land There is, Lying Near Far-Northern Snow … Winter Scenes in the Romantic Period ”, in Winter Land. Norwegian Visions of Winter, Oslo, 1993 (De norske bokklubbene), pp. 21-29
- Varnedoe, Kirk: Northern Light. Nordic Art at the Turn of the Century, Oslo 1988, pp. 64-67, 142-153, 196-197, 204-207, 218-221, 226-233, 250-255
- Gunnarson, Torsten, “The Northern Wilderness”, in Nordic Landscape Painting in the Nineteenth Century, New Haven 1998, pp. 79-80, 87-115
- From Tunes in a Landscape. Fleskum: a Norwegian Artist’s Colony, Budapest, 2002 (Ina Johannesen: “Tone, Colour, Nuance”, pp.106-110, Ingrid Reed Thomsen: “Christian Skredsvig. A Short Biography with emphasis on the Fleskum Period”, pp.111-115, Marit Lange: “Harriet Backer and Kitty L. Kielland at Fleskum in the Summer of 1886”, pp. 118–126) + color plates
- Eggum, Arne: ”Edvard Munch A Biographical Background” i Edvard Munch The Frieze of Life, London 1993, pp. 15–24
- Heller, Reinhold: “Form and Formation of Edvard Munch’s Frieze of Life” i Edvard Munch The Frieze of Life, London 1993, pp. 25—37
- Hjelde, Gunnar: Oscarshall, Oslo 1978. English summary, pp. 131-144 + illustrations (in addition, see the internet: kongehuset.no/english (residencies) for latest update.)
- Rosenblum, Robert: Edvard Munch: “Some Changing Contexts” I Edvard Munch. Symbols and Images, Washington 1978, pp. 1—10
- Woll, Gerd: ”Fifty years of printmaking” i Edvard Munch The Complete Graphic Works, London, 2001, pp. 6—29
- Bjerke, ?ivind Storm : Edvard Munch and Harald Sohlberg : Landscapes of the Mind, 1995. New York : National Academy of Design. pp. 18-48, plates pp. 125, 127, 129, 136, 130, 135, 137.
- Stang, Ragna Thiis: Gustav Vigeland. The Sculptor and his Works, Oslo 1980. pp. 9 - 44, 108 -117.
- Bringager, Frithjof “Transformations of Love. Mythos and Eros in Vigeland’s Art” in: Eros in the Art of Gustav Vigeland [Exhibition cat.] , 1996. Vigelandsmuseets skrifter nr. 11. Oslo : Dreyer. pp. 8, 10, 14, 16-24.
- Carling, J?rgen and Solveig Broch: The Oslo City Hall : History, Art and the Nobel Peace Prize, 1995. Oslo : Normanns Kunstforlag . pp. 6-15, 24-29.
- S?rensen, Gunnar: “Artistic Unity and Accord” in Gr?nvold, Ulf, Anker, Nils and S?rensen, Gunnar: The City Hall in Oslo, Oslo 2000, pp. 257 – 371.
- Wichstr?m, Anne: "Oda Krohg. A Turn-of-the-Century Nordic Artist" in: Woman's Art journal , Fall 1991/Winter 1992. Vol.12, Nu.1. pp. 3-8.
- Wichstr?m, Anne: "Asta N?rregard: Aspects of Professionalism" in: Woman's Art Journal , Spring/Summer 2002, Vol. 23, Nu.1. pp.3-11.
- Berg, Knut: "Nordic Art at the Turn of the Century" in: Dreams of a Summer Night. Scandinavian Painting at the Turn of the Century, 1986. London. pp.29-39, 66-71 (Harriet Backer), 158-161 (Kitty Kielland)
- Nergaard, Trygve: "Per Krohg 1910 - 1930" in: Per Krohg Bilder 1910 -1930. Kunstnernes Hus Oslo 10.6 - 13.8.1989. 1989. Oslo. pp. 7 - 13, 16-29, 99
- Kluver, Bill, Marti, Julie: KiKi's Paris. Artists and Lovers 1900 - 1930. 1989. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. pp. 26-27 (Christian and Oda), 38-40 (The Matisse Academy, Matisse students), 42, 44,45 (Elvire and Lucy, The golden Couple)
- Kavli, Guttorm: “Norwegian Architecture – Past and Present”, Oslo 1958, 100 pages.
- Moe, Ole Henrik:”Entering the 20th Century” (pp. 62-81), “The Students of Matisse” (pp. 82-87), “The generation of the Thirties (pp. 88-95), in The Song of Norway, Oslo 1990.
- Norberg-Schultz, Christian: “Modern Norwegian Architecture”, Oslo 1986, 86 pages
- Trygve Nergaard: “Norway’s Attitude Towards Modernism”, 1910-1920 (pp. 49-59) + texts on Heiberg (pp. 122-129), Karsten (146-153), P.Krohg (pp. 158-165), Revold (pp. 192-197), S?rensen (pp. 236-243), Thygesen (pp. 244-249), in Scandinavian Modernism, Uddevalla, 1989.
2) Texts digatally available in Bibsys
- Wikborg, Tone: “Gustav Vigeland: His Art and Sculpture park, Oslo 1990 26 pages Bibsys
- Kokkin, Jan: “The Erotic Art of Gustav Vigeland in a european Perspective” in: Eros in the Art of Gustav Vigeland [Exhibition cat.], 1996. Vigelandsmuseets skrifter nr. 11. Oslo : Dreyer. 10 pages Bibsys
- Wikborg, Tone: “Gustav Vigeland’s Views on Woman” in: Eros in the Art of Gustav Vigeland [Exhibition cat.], 1996. Vigelandsmuseets skrifter nr. 11. Oslo : Dreyer. 11 pages Bibsys
3) additional reading
- Bischoff, Ulrich: Munch, K?ln, 2000 (95 pp)
- Booklet on the Vigeland Park (title to be announced)
Total amount of pages: approx. 1070