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The artist Henrik Sorensen came to Vinje to paint every summer from 1927 to 1961. In memory of him, a distinctive gallery has been built of natural stone at the entrance to the Stoylsdalen valley, in the middle of the painters' landscape. The gallery contains of 40 paintings by Henrik Sorensen and 25 paintings by Harald Kihle. Sorensen and Kihle both worked and lived together a lot in Smorklepp. Outside the main season the museum is open for groups on request, contact Vest-Telemark Museum.

The artist Reidar Kolbrek has a private exhibition of paintings and water coulors in the barn at Rofshus farm (Nesland). Visits by appointment, tel. +47 35 07 34 37.

Straume Art Gallery in oyfjell is a beautiful gallery situated in the heart of Western Telemark in Vinje municipality. The vision and goal for the gallery is to create an arena for artistic expression, to create a meeting place for the local community and to be a house filled with varied activities.