Images as natural and self-evident as the weather. This was what painter Inger Sitter (1929–2015) strove for. The formations and elements of nature remained her greatest source of inspiration throughout a long and significant artistic career.
In the summer of 2026, Trondheim kunstmuseum warmly welcomes you to an exhibition featuring one of the country’s leading painters in lyrical abstraction.
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The landscape and its movements – when water meets the smooth rocks, or when light breaks through the rain. Inger Sitter’s unique ability to convey nature, moods and emotions through colour and brushstrokes, has made her name one of the most prominent in Norwegian art. As a pioneer of abstract painting in Norway, she helped dismantle the resistance that long dominated among the art critics and the public.
The lyrical abstraction, where painting emerges from impressions of nature or from moods and emotions, gained prominence in the Nordic countries. The closeness and deep connection between people and nature, make the paintings strike a chord. Standing before Sitter’s monumental works, we are reminded of nature’s overwhelming force – and of how small we are in its presence.