Artist Sven Lindauer and the Non-Viking Vikings
Sven Lindauer is an accomplished historical artist who worked for National Geographic and museums. Now Lindauer has set his artistic eye on the Norse of the Viking Age — the non-Viking Vikings” who weren’t the warriors, but the farmers, blacksmiths, Skaldic poets, musicians, sail-makers, among others. He published The Art and Crafts of Ancient Scandinavia in 2020 with scenes of everyday life and explanations of these scenes. Join me as I interview Mr. Lindauer about his career as an artist, his historical research, and the 7 year journey to these historically-accurate and fascinating scenes of ancient Scandinavia.
Links
“Historical artist Sven Lindauer seeks to set the record straight“, my article about this book in the Norwegian American News.
Sven Lindauer’s website describing his book, The Art and Crafts of Ancient Scandinavia, and how to get yourself a copy. See the left-hand menu to view some of Sven’s other amazing historical paintings.
Reproductions of Sven’s painting from The Art and Crafts of Ancient Scandinavia are also available.