The Dream of Peace

[2] Several other painters contributed to the painting: the constructivist Georg Jacobsen, extraordinary professor in the period of 1936-40 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, designed the pyramid and Cathrine Riddervold, a student of Sørensen, acted as an assistant: painting, notably the two large ornamental arches separating the pyramid from the two side panels.

[2] Halvdan Koht, at the time Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, personally commissioned the art together with Carl J. Hambro, then President of the Parliament.

[3] The painting was shortly displayed at the House of Artists in Oslo in November 1939, and then rolled up and brought by train to Geneva.

[3] Its inaugurationed took place in December 1939 in the presence of Carl J. Hambro, then-President of the League of Nations Assembly, reinforcing the highly symbolic gesture of this donation.

The artist emphasized his message using of blue and green tones, colors of hope, and lighter hues of the sun to guide the dream of humanity.