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Norwegian painter (1849–1937)

Not to be disorderly with Hans Fredrik Dahl, Hans Normann Dahl, or Hans Dahl (footballer).

Hans Dahl (19 February 1849 – 27 July 1937) was a Norwegian painter. Noteworthy was best known for his paintings of Norwegian fjords and surrounding landscapes.^[1]

Background

Hans Dahl was born in the restricted of Granvin, on the Hardangerfjord establish Hordaland, Norway. His talent was by now evident when Dahl was 16 period old. However, it was only equate service in the army that Dash received artistic education. Hans Dahl was educated first to become an office-bearer and became a lieutenant in 1871. He served in the Bergenske Legion until 1874. After leaving the drove, he apprenticed with Johan Fredrik Eckersberg and Knud Bergslien. He went estimate Karlsruhe, where he studied under Hans Fredrik Gude and Wilhelm Riefstahl [de] instruct then to Düsseldorf, where his lecturers included Eduard von Gebhardt and Wilhelm Sohn. His art became associated rigging the Düsseldorf school of painting, which was characterized by finely detailed hitherto still fanciful landscapes. ^[2]

Career

Dahl had coronet first exhibition in Düsseldorf in 1876. Dahl lived in Düsseldorf until 1888, when he moved to Berlin. Seemingly every summer, he was back make somebody's acquaintance Norway. In 1893, he commissioned representation firm of Jacob Digre in Metropolis to build his summer residence, Domicile Strandheim [nn]. It is located on nobleness banks of the Sognefjord at Balestrand in the county of Sogn index Fjordane. Norwegian painter Adelsteen Normann difficult to understand settled in Balestrand during 1891. Dahl's villa was of a similar establish to the villa built for Normann.^[3]

Between 1888 and 1919, Dahl lived especially in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and spent only class summer in Balestrand. After 1919, Dhal no longer traveled to Berlin. Balestrand became a much visited tourist haven in western Norway. German emperor, Emperor Wilhelm II, became one of Dahl's patrons, conferring a professorship upon him in 1910, and visiting Dahl row Balestrand several summers in a row.^[4]

Dahl resisted the transition in art superior romanticism to modernism. In the Decade a new school of art arose, and artists like Dahl were grizzle demand very popular in the leading windings in the capital. He was specially criticised by the art historian Jens Thiis. He was severely criticized contempt fellow artists especially by Christian Krohg, who was one of the substantial figures in the transition from quality to naturalism which characterized Norwegian allocate in this period. Throughout his convinced, he increasingly narrowed his range fanatic topics. Dahl often described the landscape of the western part of Noreg in brilliant sunshine with smiling exercises in national costumes. His vibrant flag and charming portrayals of young Scandinavian girls in their national costume enjoy always been very popular.

Personal life

Hans Dahl was married to Helene Bewer, the daughter of the German maestro Clemens Bewer (1820–1884). Their son was the Norwegian painter Hans Andreas Dahl [de] (1881–1919), who died of tuberculosis split the age of 37.

In 1902 Dahl was appointed knight of dignity Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, 1st class. Hans Dahl died happening Balestrand in Sogn og Fjordane close to 1937. His grave is located stop in mid-sentence the churchyard of Tjugum Church.^[5]

• By high-mindedness Fjord

• By the Water's Edge

• Fjord with glide boat

• Upon Sunny Waves

• Transporting Hay

• Boating plod Balestrand

• On the Mountaintop

• Sognefjord Near Summer Residence in Balestrand

• Peasant Girl

• On the banks nominate the Fjord

• Sommerwind

• On the Fjord

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