Landscape in the Gian Mountains
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl (Bergen 1788 - Dresden 1857)
Lot-No. 73
Oil/paper/cardboard, 10,5 x 15 cm - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg. - Norwegian painter, one of the main exponents of Romantic art and one of the most important landscape painters. D. was taught painting in the studio of J. G. Müller in Bergen, since 1881 he studied at the Copenhagen academy. In 1818 he settled in Dresden, in 1820 he accepted an invitation of Prince Frederik Christian of Denmark to Italy; a sojourn that was to become distinctive for his art. D. a. his friend Caspar David Friedrich were appointed professors at the Dresden academy in 1824. Two years late D. was able to undertake a long desired first of many journeys to Norway. Subsequently subjects from his homeland began to become more important in his work. D. entrusted his estate to the Oslo National Gallery which had been co-founded by the artist. Mus.: Oslo (Nat. Gall.), Dresden (Gal. Neue Meister), Munich (Neue Pinakothek), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Leipzig, Bergen, Chemnitz a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bang: J. C. D., Cat. rais., Oslo 1987 a. others.
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl: Landscape in the Gian Mountains
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl (Bergen 1788 - Dresden 1857)
Landscape in the Gian Mountains
Lot-No. 73
Oil/paper/cardboard, 10,5 x 15 cm - Provenance: Private collection Hamburg. - Norwegian painter, one of the main exponents of Romantic art and one of the most important landscape painters. D. was taught painting in the studio of J. G. Müller in Bergen, since 1881 he studied at the Copenhagen academy. In 1818 he settled in Dresden, in 1820 he accepted an invitation of Prince Frederik Christian of Denmark to Italy; a sojourn that was to become distinctive for his art. D. a. his friend Caspar David Friedrich were appointed professors at the Dresden academy in 1824. Two years late D. was able to undertake a long desired first of many journeys to Norway. Subsequently subjects from his homeland began to become more important in his work. D. entrusted his estate to the Oslo National Gallery which had been co-founded by the artist. Mus.: Oslo (Nat. Gall.), Dresden (Gal. Neue Meister), Munich (Neue Pinakothek), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Leipzig, Bergen, Chemnitz a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bang: J. C. D., Cat. rais., Oslo 1987 a. others.
