Vågåsommeren

It consisted of ten painters, all of whom had spent the previous year studying art at Harriet Backer's school in Kristiania (today's Oslo).

The men, including Thorvald Erichsen, Alfred Hauge, Lars Jorde and Oluf Wold-Torne, stayed with Holbø in his house on the Holbø estate while the four women, Johanna Bugge Berge, Lalla Hvalstad, Alice Pihl and Kris Torne were accommodated in Sygard Storvik, a large two-story house in Sjårdalen which belonged to Egedius' father.

[2][4] The artists concentrated on mood paintings, often creating landscapes in the summer evenings, with darker colours and a more simplified style than they had been taught at art school.

Despite the rather rainy summer, the event was thought to have been a huge success, resulting in many fine paintings.

They were exhibited in September in the local school, while several of the artists returned to Kristiania with works in the newly developed style.