Fishermen in the Mediterranean, by Axel Revold. Privately owned

acquired a well-grounded and broad artistic culture and a
sense of composition and drawing, neither of which are very
common here at home. This fact has undoubtedly attracted
less attention than it should, inasmuch as the public has chiefly
noted the unusual palette affected by the group, combined of
clear, strong pigments in decorative juxtaposition. In 1914,
in the secessionist exhibition known as De fjorten at the Cen-
tennial Exposition at Christiania, these young painters made
an impressive showing. There is no doubt that the group
contains several unusual and original talents with a very
creditable production behind them. Among them are Henrik
Sörensen, Jean Heiberg, Per Deberitz, Rudolf Thygesen,
and Axel Revold. My personal belief is that it is in this
direction we must look in the future for the most valuable
contributions to Norwegian pictorial art.

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