The Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati will present “The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore” from June 13 through September 20, 2026, bringing approximately 75 works from one of the largest private collections of Scandinavian art in North America before the public for the first time. The exhibition is organized by The Frick Pittsburgh and examines how ideas of home, landscape, and national identity shaped Nordic art and material culture during a period of profound cultural transformation.

The works on display span painting, furniture, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, and works on paper, drawn from the collection of Pennsylvania-based collectors David and Susan Werner. Together, the objects illuminate Nordic art from 1880 to 1920, when artists and craftspeople across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden were responding to industrialization and the rise of national identity movements. The exhibition explores the intertwined notions of home and homeland that were central to artists in each of those four countries during the era.

“Design and National Identity Converge in ‘The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore,'” the Taft described the exhibition, noting that it is the first to examine the entangled notions of home and homeland that were central to the art of each Nordic nation during this period. The Taft Museum of Art is a National Historic Landmark located at 316 Pike St. in Cincinnati. More information is available at taftmuseum.org.

Source: Taft Museum of Art Press Room