Konrad Mägi arrived in Norway in the summer of 1908. He wanted to leave and return to Paris the very same autumn, but lacked the necessary finances. Hence, he was forced to live in Norway for more than two years. Some of the places he stayed at are known from Oslo’s address books, but identifying his painting sites is more complicated. It is known, however, that in the summer of 1910 he travelled to Eidskog county to the east of Oslo and stayed in the small town of Skotterud.

On 9 June 1910 he wrote from there: “I reached the countryside today. Nature does not offer much, the air is somewhat sharp, but at least the lodgings are cheap.” It is likely that Mägi visited Eidskog more than once: he painted the Eidskog church both in the summer and in the winter. Throughout his oeuvre, Mägi was mainly interested in nature, in which he sensed a movement of hidden forces. “Imagine: big blue mountains and red clouds moving there up high. I have a feeling that this might be the place where Gods reside,” Mägi wrote from Norway.

The Norwegian painter Erik Werenskiold was from Eidskog county and it is not impossible that the two artists crossed paths.

As Mägi lived in Norway for more than two years, we are convinced that he left many of his paintings here. Here you can see Mägi’s paintings we know from his Norwegian period Paintings – Konrad Mägi.

If you have any information regarding paintings that might have been Konrad Mägi’s, please contact us via info@konradmagi.ee. Some of the missing paintings are shown here.