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Kittelsens drawings from Jomfruland<\/h1>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Kittelsen\u2019s Atmospheric Drawings<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n \n<\/section>\n\n\n
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On the second floor, you can see 12 drawings featuring motifs from Jomfruland. The island lies about ten kilometers off the coast of Krager\u00f8, and Kittelsen traveled there in April 1893 to draw. The motifs are mostly idyllic landscapes, created using charcoal, colored pencils, or watercolor.<\/p>\n

Kittelsen was inspired by legends, poems, and folk tales about mythical forest creatures, as well as a long poem about Jomfruland from 1696. The magistrate of Krager\u00f8, Roland Knudss\u00f8n, had described the island facing the sea in verse. The poem begins like this:<\/p>\n

How Jomfruland, overshadowed by the sea,
Was first inhabited by the subterranean folk,
And later lay hidden for many good years\u2014
An old tale that lives in village lore appears.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is called \u201cthe good land\u201d by men of the sea,
Where once lived three maidens, wild and free,
Who never gave their virtue to any man,
And so the island was named Jomfruland.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here, you\u2019ll learn the story and see reproductions of the drawings. The originals are carefully preserved by the National Museum.
Welcome to a fairytale-inspired art break with us.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":142538,"template":"","categories":[128],"tags":[161],"nokkelord":[200,182],"class_list":["post-142539","exhibitions","type-exhibitions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-kittelsen-house","tag-kittelsenhuset-en","nokkelord-jomfruland","nokkelord-kittelsen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKittelsens drawings from Jomfruland - Telemark museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kittelsens drawings from Jomfruland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Telemark museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T10:39:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flyvende-fugleflokk-og-graner-ved-havet-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1318\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/\",\"name\":\"Kittelsens drawings from Jomfruland - Telemark museum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flyvende-fugleflokk-og-graner-ved-havet-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-20T10:33:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-20T10:39:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/en\/utstillinger\/kittelsens-drawings-from-jomfruland\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flyvende-fugleflokk-og-graner-ved-havet-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.telemarkmuseum.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flyvende-fugleflokk-og-graner-ved-havet-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1318,\"caption\":\"Et av bildene i Jomfrulandserien av Theodor Kittelsen. 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