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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Johan Christian Dahl
1788–1857 · Norwegian
- Born
- 1788 · Bergen
- Died
- 1857 · Dresden
80 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Johan Christian Dahl was a Norwegian artist considered the first great romantic painter in Norway and the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting. He is also described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and the first Norwegian painter to achieve significant international renown.
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Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (24 February 1788 – 14 October 1857), often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. 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. Dahl occupies a central position in Norwegian artistic life of the first half of the 19th century. Although Dahl spent much of his life outside of Norway, his love for his country is clear in the motifs he chose for his paintings and in his extraordinary efforts on behalf of Norwegian culture generally. He was, for example, a key figure in the founding of the Norwegian National Gallery and of several other major art institutions in Norway, as well as in the preservation of Norwegian stave churches and the restoration of the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim and Bergenhus Fortress in Bergen.
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Featured works
Selected registered works by Johan Christian Dahl
Selected from 80 works by Johan Christian Dahl in the Collect24 Registry.
Johan Christian Dahl
Forest Path near Meissen, 1828
oil paint
32.5 × 21 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449571
Johan Christian Dahl
Peasant's Hut at the Edge of a Forest, 1828
Etching; second state of two
14.6 × 19.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-426724
Johan Christian Dahl
Portrait of Eline Marie Heger as a Child, Leaning on a Table, Looking at a Book, 1818
Graphite, pen and brown ink
21.2 × 13.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-565562
Johan Christian Dahl
View from Lyshornet, 1836
oil paint
41 × 50.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449404
Johan Christian Dahl
Frederiksborg Castle, 1814
oil paint
52.5 × 78 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449432
Johan Christian Dahl
Stream in the Liebethaler Grund, 1823
oil paint
25.5 × 38.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449410
Johan Christian Dahl
A Steamer near Fredriksvern, 1834
oil paint
22 × 36.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449405
Johan Christian Dahl
Evening Sky over Fields with Poplars, 1825
oil paint
19 × 23 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449396
Johan Christian Dahl
The ruined Church at Avaldsnes at Karmøy, 1820
oil paint
23.5 × 33.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449377
Johan Christian Dahl
The ruined church at Avaldsnes on Karmøy, 1813
oil paint
54 × 67.5 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449379
Johan Christian Dahl
The Aller Church in Sønderjyllands Amt (Denmark), seen from the North, late 18th–19th century
Graphite, brush and brown wash; framing lines in graphite, probably by the artist
19.9 × 29.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-580594
Johan Christian Dahl
Burning Windmill at Stege, 1856
oil paint
68 × 90 cm
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
C24-449391
Museums and collections
Where works by Johan Christian Dahl are registered
- National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Norway
57 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
13 works
- Nationalmuseum Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
4 works
- Munich Central Collecting Point
allied-occupied Germany
3 works
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
1 work
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- Nationalmuseum
Sweden
1 work
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