Johan christian dahl

Johan Christian Dahl Norwegian painter

Moonlit View of the River Elbe at Dresden, Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian, Bergen 1788–1857 Dresden), Oil on Masonite

Johan Christian Dahl, View from the Brühlsche Terrasse in Dresden at Moonrise. 1825

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This Romantic landscape combines Dahl’s affection for the scenery of his native Norway with the strain of deeply spiritual naturalism of which he was a chief exponent. Dahl recorded in his diary that he visited Hallingdal on August 23, 1844, on a sketching expedition in the company of his children and the painter Peder Balke. That October, Dahl offered this work to Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, an eminent archaeologist.

Materials: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 54.5 x 82 cm. Inscriptions: Dahl 1840 (bottom right). Acquisition date: 2012. Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johan_Christian_Claussen_.... I have changed the light and contrast of the original photo.

'This compact and appealing exhibition is designed to celebrate The Barber Institute's acquisition of Johan Christian Dahl's exquisite moonlit landscape, 'Mother and Child by the Sea'. Dating from 1840, this was probably painted as a memorial to the artist's friend, the great German Romantic landscapist, Caspar David Friedrich, who died that year. An informative and beautifully produced catalogue written by Paul Spencer-Longhurst, senior curator, and published by Philip Wilson Publishers, is…

Two men stand at a precipice beside towering spruce trees. They look across a gorge toward a majestic waterfall, having paused together to contemplate this untamed scenery at sunset. The figure on the left, shown wearing a top hat and overcoat, is most likely a self-portrait by Dahl