Fishing Village in Lofoten

A fishing village at the foot of a mountain. A few ships on the sunny fjord. Rocks in the foreground, tall, snowy mountains in the background.

Selmyhr was a well-travelled painter from Senja in Northern Norway and he painted pictures with motifs from all the continents. He started to work at sea at a young age to save for art studies, which he started at the age of 19, in Vienna.