Nordic Watercolour Museum
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Skärhamn
thumb|right|300px|[[Nordic Watercolour Museum]]Skärhamn is a locality and the seat of Tjörn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 3,180 inhabitants in 2005. The main tourist attraction in Skärhamn besides yachting is The Nordic Watercolour Museum .- External links :...
on the island Tjörn
Tjörn
Tjörn is the sixth largest island in Sweden. It is located on the Swedish West coast in the province of Bohuslän.-Geography:Tjörn is connected in the east to the town of Stenungsund on the mainland by the Tjörn bridge, and to the island of Orust in the north by theSkåpesund bridge. The largest town...
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, opened in 2000. The architects behind the museum, painted in the typical Swedish Falu red
Falu red
Falu red or Falun red is the name of a Swedish, deep red paint well known for its use on wooden cottages and barns. The paint originated from the copper mine at Falun in Dalarna, Sweden. The traditional colour remains popular today due to its effectiveness in preserving wood. In Finland, it is...
colour, are the Danes Niels Bruun och Henrik Corfitsen. They won the assignment after a major international competition.
Guest Studios
The museum has five guest studios available to artists and the general public. The studios support artistic collaboration for public programs, study courses, publications, lectures and offer artists opportunities for studio visits.Publications
- Johnson, Mark Dean. Pacific Light: A Survey of Californian Watercolour 1908-2008 (English and Norwegian). 2008.
- Nordal, Bera. Children's Picture Books: The Contemporary Story. 2007.
- Zorn, Anders. Watercolours. 2004.