Peder Balke: sublime north : works from the Gundersen collection

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Peder Balke (1804-1887) is one of the most outstanding artists of Northern European Romanticism. Born in the inland of Norway, Balke was originally trained as a house painter; he was considered a craftsman, as opposed to a fine artist. However, his talent was recognized and Balke went to Oslo. Later, he took instruction from landscape painter Carl Johan Fahlcrantz in Stockholm, and his famous fellow Norwegian, Johan Christian Dahl in Dresden. Here, Balke also got in touch with the art and ideas...Vis mer