A Harriet Backer Retrospective at the Musée d’Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is proud to be the first non-Scandinavian institution to honor Harriet Backer, the Norwegian painter who created a modern synthesis of pleinairism and interior scenes. Curators Leïla Jarbouai and Estelle Bégué have selected seventy-four major works, almost… Harriet Backer (1845-1932), Intérieur bleu (Blue Interior), 1883, oil on canvas, 84 x 66 cm/33.07 x 25.98 in. Oslo, National Museum.© National Museum / Børre Høstland The Musée d'Orsay is proud to be the first non-Scandinavian institution to honor Harriet Backer, the Norwegian painter who created a modern synthesis of pleinairism and interior scenes. Curators Leïla Jarbouai and Estelle Bégué have selected seventy-four major