Henrik Ibsen Posters and Art Prints

Henrik Ibsen quote: A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.

Henrik Ibsen quote: “Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.”

Portrait of Henrik Johan Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright is considered the father of realism in theater. He influenced many playwrights and novelists, the most important of them are: George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, and Eugene O'Neill. The portrait is curated version of the work of Franz hanfstaengl. Source: Commons.

A Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen is considered as the father of Modern Theatre. He is also referred as the father of realism.

Henrik Ibsen, a pioneering Norwegian playwright of the 19th century, left an enduring literary legacy with his realist works, incisive social critiques, and profound exploration of human psychology, shaping modern theater and cultural discourse.

Henrik Ibsen quote: It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.

Henrik Ibsen portrait and quote: “The strong must learn to be lonely.”

Norwegian playwright and theater director Henrik Ibsen wrote in Danish, the common language of Denmark and Norway. Through his plays like Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ibsen became one of the founders of modernism in theater. After William Shakespeare, he is the most performed theatrical writer in the world.

Henrik Ibsen quote: Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.

Henrik Ibsen portrait and quote: Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.

Henrik Ibsen portrait and quote: The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.

Henrik Ibsen quote: It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life.

Henrik Ibsen portrait and quote: “I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.”

Henrik Ibsen portrait and quote: Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.

Henrik Ibsen quote: A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.

Year 2016

Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House" inspired this image. Ibsen's Nora is a woman frustrated by a life hemmed in by society's narrow view of the nature of women. With selected quote.

«One who remembered and one who forgot; One who has kept what the other has lost. Life’s serious, not a foolish jest! Ah, misery ! Here my Empire lay!»