Melancholy
Fosse, Jon / Kvernes, Grethe / Searls, Damion
Art-school angst in the 1850s inspires modern writer.Lars Hertervig, a young Quaker from a small Norwegian island, has been sent by a patron to study landscape painting in Dusseldorf. Lars lies on his bed in a rented room, on the day his prominent teacher, Hans Gude, plans to critique his work. Lars avoids the studio, fearing that Gude will tell him he can't paint and must return home. Mentally, Lars relives the time his landlady's 15-year-old...