Stavanger Kunstmuseum

Stavanger Art Museum’s roots extend back to the art society Stavanger kunstforening and its faste galleri – an gallery with its own permanent art collection. This collection began on 11 February 1865, when consul Jens Z. Kielland became chairman of the new art society. Kielland was an amateur painter and the father of Kitty and Alexander Kielland. The society’s main aim wa...