Books
Scandinavian Folk Art Coloring Book
By Jessica Mazurkiewicz. Explore the unique beauty and timeless elegance of folk art from Scandinavia in this distinctive coloring book. Thirty-one charming illustrations feature a captivating array of simple yet stunning patterns overflowing with birds and blossoms, all inspired by...
$6.99
Sigmund Aarseth: Norway Painted in Light and Color
Best known for his landscape paintings in his native Norway, Sigmund is renowned in the United States as a master rosemaler. His paintings capture beautifully the many seasons and moods of Norway. This book takes you on a journey through the...
$15.00
Norwegian Rose Painting in America by Nils Ellingsgard
Among the hundreds of thousands of Norwegians who immigrated to the United States during the 19th century, many brought objects from a rich rural tradition. This book is a survey of the most typical and interesting objects, with emphasis on...
$39.00
Rosemaling frå Lesja by Buggeland, Hole, and Hosar
In collaboration with Maihaugen Museum in Norway, this book documents the rich and varied rose-painted interiors and objects in Lesja and Dovre, by over a hundred painters from the early 18th century to the present. Norwegian text only, 216 pages,...
$90.00
Great Introductions - Gudbrandsdalen Style by Andrea Herkert
How to paint the basic elements of the Gudbrandsdal style. Full color, progressive, instructional images. Spiralbound.
$30.00
Marlys Hammer's Telemark Rosemaling Coloring Book by Diane Edwards
Enjoy coloring these beautiful designs by Vesterheim Gold Medalist, Marlys Hammer. Softcover.
$11.95
Marlys Hammer Painting in the Telemark Style by Diane Edwards
Marlys Hammer, Vesterheim Gold Medalist, was an extremely talented painter and teacher of Norwegian rosemaling. This book includes many of her paintings in color with tips and ideas for planning and painting in her favorite Telemark style. Softcover.
$34.95
The Rose Painters by Lars Skorpen
This book is about some of the rose painters in Os, Norway, both the creators of the art and craft as well as their successors. They were not chosen at random, but are the forbears of Torunn Rod Farsund, who...
from $45.00
Rosemaling: The Hallingdal Idea Book by Leslie Landis
Showcasing fine historic Hallingdal pieces from Vesterheim's collection, this book is an inspiration! Includes over 150 illustrations of Hallingdal design sketches and detailed elements, such as flowers, flower centers, petal shapes, scrolls, leaves, vines, curtains, vases, pedestals, borders, and line...
$59.95
Design Basics for Telemark Rosemaling, Vol. II By Diane Edwards
This book follows "Design Basics in Telemark Rosemaling Volume 1" in continuing to discuss painting and design in the Telemark style of Norwegian Rosemaling. Moving beyond the basics of strokework, it teaches the new rosemaler how to paint on many...
$10.95
Marking Time: The Primstav Murals of Sigmund Aarseth by Kathleen Stokker
With a lively text by Kathleen Stokker, this lavishly illustrated guide to Sigmund Aarseth's vibrant primstav (calendar stick) murals in Vesterheim's Amdal-Odland Heritage Center is a color compendium of Norwegian folklore as well as a study of a contemporary folk-art...
$5.00
Rosemalers' Recipes
This beautiful Vesterheim classic was compiled by rosemaler Betty Dowe and her committee in 1987. Bringing together foodways and rosemaling, the collection is decorated throughout with full-color rosemaling paintings and black-and-white designs, and complete with all of your favorite recipes...
$25.95
Roser, Liljer og Blues (Roses, Lilies and Blues) Folk Art, Folk Music and the Romantic Era by Nils Georg Brekke
A shooting script for an up-coming film, this beautiful book of full-page, color photographs outlines the movie's story of two young brothers in 1782, who travel from farm to farm to earn money as rose painters in the fjord districts...
$110.00