Nordic Landscape with a Castle, 1818
Johann Christian Clausen Dahlexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
On View in Gallery 321expand_more
Dahl was the father of Norwegian landscape painting, the first artist to capture the majesty of his country's contours. He made this painting shortly after arriving in Dresden, Germany, to impress his teacher there, Caspar David Friedrich, the leading German Romantic artist. Friedrich's influence is seen in the modest scale of the man-made structures—the castle and the cottage—which heightens the grandeur of the landscape.
Conservation of this picture was made possible by a generous contribution from Al and Dena Naylor through the Art Champions program.
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- Title
- Nordic Landscape with a Castle
- Artist Life
- Norwegian (active Denmark and Germany), 1788 - 1857
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.20
- Curator Approved
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