New York City.- Scandinavia House is proud to present “Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America 1912”, an international loan exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Anders Zorn, and other Scandinavian pioneers of modernism, opened October 25th at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. The exhibition, which remains on view through February 11th, 2012, brings together approximately 50 works by leading late 19th- and early 20th-century Nordic artists from more than 20 public and private collections in Europe and America. The last of three exhibitions presented by The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) in recognition of its centennial, Luminous Modernism revisits the landmark ASF sponsored exhibition of 1912 — a groundbreaking display of contemporary Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish painting that gave many in the USA, including emerging modern artists, their first introduction to Scandinavian art. While “Luminous Modernism” features 20 of the same artists and eight of the same works presented in the 1912 exhibition, it has been expanded in scope to encompass all five Nordic countries, including Finland and Iceland, illustrating the richness of artistic expression throughout the region during this period.