mood already mentioned, for it is manifest almost every-
where in the production of these Northmen to whom emotion
has not infrequently proved of more significance than
mere substance or form. Detached, and in a measure iso-
lated though the artistic activity of these peoples has perforce
been, their contribution in certain instances transcends that
which is merely local in appeal. With the work of such men
as Sergel, Thorvaldsen, and the troubled, aspiring Munch,
this art attains true universality of utterance. And yet, while
such manifestations constitute its moments of supreme ex-
pression, it everywhere commands respect through its genuine
creative fecundity, and above all through its virile, organic
nationalism. It is in brief by bringing forth the native rich-
ness of spirit, and not relying upon atelier and academy, that
Scandinavian art has won its present position in the larger
pageant of pictorial and plastic aspiration.

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