Art from my Grandfather's house 1

My Grandfather, a seaman, sailed from port to port and collected works of art wherever he went. Where the originals are now, I don't actually know; but I have a few photographs.

















I think this is a painting of a late sunset in Northern Norway (or possibly Iceland or Greenland), a midnight sun, probably.













Who painted this, or when they painted it, I don't know. I'd guess it was painted sometime in the early half of the 20th century.

It's quite skilfully divided, I think, into a cold "artic" half:





















And the right side of the canvas is warmer and more summery (despite the distant iceberg):