Autumn Days in Telemark

Høstdager i Telemark

Medium: Watercolour on paper
Year: 2004
Artist: Sigurd Bergmann

With a whisper of pigment and a masterful touch, Sigurd Bergmann captures the essence of a Norwegian autumn morning in Høstdager i Telemark. Painted in 2004, this watercolour speaks in hushed tones — a landscape half remembered, half dreamed.

Faint blue shadows and amber washes suggest distant birch groves cloaked in mist. There’s a gentle warmth in the golds and reds, softened by the diffused light of the season’s turning. One lone bird flies across the pale sky — a subtle detail that anchors the stillness and adds a trace of narrative.

This is a classic example of Bergmann’s "vanishing landscapes" — not quite figurative, not quite abstract, but always poetic.