Klippelandskab, Frederikshåb 1883

Lars Møller captured this muted watercolor landscape of Frederikshåb, Greenland, within the pages of a sketchbook. Møller, born in 1842, lived during a time of increasing Danish colonial interest in Greenland. As we gaze at this scene, consider the history of colonialism and its impact on Greenland's indigenous population, the Inuit. Møller’s art may depict a seemingly untouched landscape, but it is also a representation of a place deeply affected by outside intervention and control. This work offers a specific perspective, one inevitably shaped by Møller's position as a Danish artist in a colonial context. What stories are not being told here? Whose voices are absent? This landscape, with its quiet stillness, invites us to reflect on the complex layers of history and identity embedded within it.