Johan Christian Dahl · 1842
Norway · 1788–1857
Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, often known as J. Dahl, was a Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting. He is often described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and is regarded as the first Norwegian painter to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest European artists of his day. He was also the first to acquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad. As one critic has put it, "J.C.
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View from Stalheim
Johan Christian Dahl · 1842
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Winter at the Sognefjord
Johan Christian Dahl · 1827
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway
Johan Christian Dahl · 1832
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
What Johan Christian Dahl made, and why each one is worth looking at.
View from Stalheim
Johan Christian Dahl · 1842
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
View from Stalheim (Norwegian: Fra Stalheim) is an 1842 oil painting by Johan Christian Dahl of the mountainous view from Stalheim in Voss Municipality in Søndre Bergenhus county. It is a major work of Romantic nationalism and has become a national icon. It is regarded as one of Dahl's best works.
Winter at the Sognefjord
Johan Christian Dahl · 1827
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Winter at the Sognefjord (Norwegian: Vinter ved Sognefjorden) is a painting by the Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl from 1827. The picture is painted in oil on canvas and has the dimensions of 61.5 x 75.5 cm. It is held at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, in Oslo.
Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway
Johan Christian Dahl · 1832
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Shipwreck on the Norwegian Coast or Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway (Norwegian - Skibbrudd ved den norske kyst) is an 1832 marine painting by Johan Christian Dahl. It is now in the National Gallery of Norway, to which it was left in 1931 by Louise and Johannes G. Dahl had already painted a first version of the work in 1819, and painted several others in his career, inspired by his five long voyages along the coast of Norway.
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