The art world called him mad. Turns out he was just 50 years ahead of them.
Lars Hertervig (1830-1902) was considered to be one Norway's greatest artists before he was diagnosed with incurable insanity and pushed out into the cold. The paintings from the last 30 years of his life were considered the scribblings of a child, but subsequently turned out to bear clear similarities to styles that gained ground in Europe several decades later. Was the painter insane or just ahead of his time?
Cinematography
Hertervig's actual paintings, gorgeously photographed.
Acting
Anderz Eide's haunted embodiment of a broken artist.
Director
Karl Johan Paulsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hertervig was essentially 'cancelled' by Norway's art establishment in 1860, then rehabilitated in 1914—one of art history's most dramatic reputation reversals.
The directors shot in Hertervig's actual asylum rooms and the Stavanger landscapes he painted, creating a ghostly dialogue between location and madness.
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