Trained in Germany because there was no academy in Norway, he soon developed themes of poverty, social injustice, and Norway’s independence. A major influence on Edvard Munch.
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Series showing the sailing of smaller vessels, and ship, then a further series of a model getting dressed and leaving the studio, and one last painting.
Portraits of his young wife, struggling for survival in the Norwegian winter, bathing a newborn baby, the discovery of America, nationhood and open narrative.
Themes of exhausted mothers with sick children, the tired out seamstress and her descent into prostitution, the failure of law enforcement, and documenting those living in Skagen.
To commemorate the centenary of his death. Early work with the Nordic Impressionists in Skagen, a sick girl that influenced Munch, sailors and self-portraits.
They were once common across northern Europe, now only 31 remain. JC Dahl salvaged one and painted, and Harriet Backer painted the unique interior of another.
Three views by the elusive Elisabeth Grüttefien, and the paintings of Nikolai Astrup, the only artist among these who lived in the fjords for much of his life, and was buried there.
From the founding father, JC Dahl, through Hans Gude, to the prolific Adelsteen Normann, who lured tourists by selling them paintings of the spectacular fjords.
Frognerkilen with Oscarshall, a summer night on Fleskum Farm, Kalvøya in the sun, a summer house in Asker, and Munch’s Starry Night.
The Karl Johan in snow and starvation, in the rain, an anxious moment, and in the summer. Industrial buildings on the Akerselven River, skis in Majorstuen, and more views of the city.
The Eclectic Light Company 