Old House Journal

A PAINT-ON-WOOD TRADITION

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Lush, bright with primary and secondary colors, rosemåling is a style of folk painting on wood that originated in rural Norway. Floral polychrome designs are expressed with C and S strokes and feature scrolling and flowing lines, as well as script and scenic additions. Also common in rural Sweden, rosemåling came to the New World as Scandinavi­ans settled here, often carrying their belongings in beautifull­y painted trunks.

The craft was revived in the 20th century when a Norwegian immigrant, decorative artist Per Lysne, turned to rosemåling during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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