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Peder Balke BIOGRAPHY
1804 Helgoya in Nes, Hedmark, Norway - 1887 Christiana, Norway. Known for: Romantic landscape and marine painting.
Born in poverty on the island of Helgoya in Nes in Hedmark, Norway, Peder Balke became a landscape artist who was largely forgotten after his death in 1887 until a 1914 Centennial Exhibition when he... Read full biography
Born in poverty on the island of Helgoya in Nes in Hedmark, Norway, Peder Balke became a landscape artist who was largely forgotten after his death in 1887 until a 1914 Centennial Exhibition when he was rediscovered. Today "he is considered one of the most original Norwegian artists." (270) His... Read full biography
Born in poverty on the island of Helgoya in Nes in Hedmark, Norway, Peder Balke became a landscape artist who was largely forgotten after his death in 1887 until a 1914 Centennial Exhibition when he was rediscovered. Today "he is considered one of the most original Norwegian artists." (270) His early landscapes were traditional in style and had a pinkish, brown palette, but later he evolved into a distinctive, late Romantic style and did marine scenes as well as landscapes. As a young man, he... Read full biography
Born in poverty on the island of Helgoya in Nes in Hedmark, Norway, Peder Balke became a landscape artist who was largely forgotten after his death in 1887 until a 1914 Centennial Exhibition when he was rediscovered. Today "he is considered one of the most original Norwegian artists." (270) His early landscapes were traditional in style and had a pinkish, brown palette, but later he evolved into a distinctive, late Romantic style and did marine scenes as well as landscapes. As a young man, he apprenticed to a local craftsman and painter, but moved to Oslo, then called Christiana, in 1827 when he was 23 so that he could obtain more formal education in painting and decorating. He also attended the Royal School of Drawing, and this exposure... Read full biography
Born in poverty on the island of Helgoya in Nes in Hedmark, Norway, Peder Balke became a landscape artist who was largely forgotten after his death in 1887 until a 1914 Centennial Exhibition when he was rediscovered. Today "he is considered one of the most original Norwegian artists." (270) His early landscapes were traditional in style and had a pinkish, brown palette, but later he evolved into a distinctive, late Romantic style and did marine scenes as well as landscapes. As a young man, he apprenticed to a local craftsman and painter, but moved to Oslo, then called Christiana, in 1827 when he was 23 so that he could obtain more formal education in painting and decorating. He also attended the Royal School of Drawing, and this exposure centered his interest on painting. In 1829, he went to the Academy in Stockholm, because advanced art education was not availab... Read full biography
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Born in poverty on the island of Helgoya in Nes in Hedmark, Norway, Peder Balke became a landscape artist who was largely forgotten after his death in 1887 until a 1914 Centennial Exhibition when he was rediscovered. Today "he is considered one of the most original Norwegian artists." (270) His early landscapes were traditional in style and had a pinkish, brown palette, but later he evolved into a distinctive, late Romantic style and did marine scenes as well as landscapes.
As a young man, he apprenticed to a local craftsman and painter, but moved to Oslo, then called Christiana, in 1827 when he was 23 so that he could obtain more formal education in painting and decorating. He also attended the Royal School of Drawing, a...But wait, there's more...
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