Nordic by Nature at Weston Park Museum

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Nordic by Nature: modern design and prints

Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
4 May-28 July 2019

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Aukusti Tuhka (1895 – 1973), Aurora borealis, 1917, woodcut © The Trustees of the British Museum. Reproduced by permission of the artist’s estate
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Artists and designers have long been inspired by the varied and dramatic landscapes of the Nordic countries. Nordic by Nature: modern design and prints, a new British Museum touring exhibition opening at Weston Park Museum, will explore how nature and landscape is at the heart of Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian art and design.

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