Hans Dahl
{{Short description|Norwegian painter (1849–1937)}}
{{distinguish|Hans Fredrik Dahl|Hans Normann Dahl|Hans Dahl (footballer)}}
{{ Infobox artist
| name = Hans Dahl
| image = Dahl Hans Selbstportrait.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = 19 February 1849
| birth_place = Granvin, Hardangerfjord, Sweden-Norway
| death_date = 27 July 1937 (aged 88)
| death_place = Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
| nationality = Norwegian
| field = Painting
| training = Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
| movement = Norwegian romanticist
| works = Landscape paintings
}}
Hans Dahl (19 February 1849 – 27 July 1937) was a Norwegian painter. He was best known for his paintings of Norwegian fjords and surrounding landscapes.{{cite web|url= https://nkl.snl.no/Hans_Dahl |title= Hans Dahl (1849–1937) |website= Norsk Kunstnerleksikon
|date= 20 February 2017 |access-date=December 1, 2020}}
Background
Hans Dahl was born in the village of Granvin, on the Hardangerfjord in Hordaland, Norway. His talent was already evident when Dahl was 16 years old. However, it was only after service in the army that Dahl received artistic education. Hans Dahl was educated first to become an officer and became a lieutenant in 1871. He served in the Bergenske Brigade until 1874. After leaving the army, he apprenticed with Johan Fredrik Eckersberg and Knud Bergslien. He went to Karlsruhe, where he studied under Hans Fredrik Gude and {{ill|Wilhelm Riefstahl|de}} and then to Düsseldorf, where his teachers included Eduard von Gebhardt and Wilhelm Sohn. His art became associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, which was characterized by finely detailed yet still fanciful landscapes.
Career
Dahl had his first exhibition in Düsseldorf in 1876. Dahl lived in Düsseldorf until 1888, when he moved to Berlin. Almost every summer, he was back to Norway. In 1893, he commissioned the firm of Jacob Digre in Trondheim to build his summer residence, {{ill|Villa Strandheim|nn}}. It is located on the banks of the Sognefjord at Balestrand in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. Norwegian painter Adelsteen Normann had settled in Balestrand during 1891. Dahl's villa was of a similar design to the villa built for Normann.[http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1910231.html Villa Strandheim (NRK Sogn og Fjordane)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102035946/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1910231.html |date=2012-11-02 }}
Between 1888 and 1919, Dahl lived mostly in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and spent only the summer in Balestrand. After 1919, Dahl no longer traveled to Berlin. Balestrand became a much visited tourist destination in western Norway. German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, became one of Dahl's patrons, conferring a professorship upon him in 1910, and visiting Dahl in Balestrand several summers in a row.[http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&db=dbatlas_leks&art_id=828&spraak_id=2&ptype=single&show_kart=no&lang=eng The artist Hans Dahl ] Kulturhistorisk Leksikon
File:Bundesarchiv N 1572 Bild-1925-127, Polarfahrt Dampfer "München", Maler Hans Dahl.jpg
Dahl resisted the transition in art from romanticism to modernism. In the 1890s a new school of art arose, and artists like Dahl were not very popular in the leading circles in the capital. He was particularly criticised by the art historian Jens Thiis. He was severely criticized by fellow artists especially by Christian Krohg, who was one of the leading figures in the transition from romanticism to naturalism which characterized Norwegian art in this period. Throughout his life, he increasingly narrowed his range of topics. Dahl often described the scenery of the western part of Norway in brilliant sunshine with smiling people in national costumes. His vibrant colors and charming portrayals of young Norwegian girls in their national costume have always been very popular.
Personal life
Hans Dahl was married to Helene Bewer, the daughter of the German painter Clemens Bewer (1820–1884). Their son was the Norwegian painter {{ill|Hans Andreas Dahl|de}} (1881–1919), who died of tuberculosis at the age of 37.
In 1902 Dahl was appointed knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, 1st class. Hans Dahl died in Balestrand in Sogn og Fjordane during 1937. His grave is located in the churchyard of Tjugum Church.[https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/5/0435.html Hans Dahl] Salmonsens konversationsleksikon
File:Dahl Hans (Norwegian) 1849 to 1937 By The FJord O C 49.5 by 67.3 cm.jpg|By the Fjord
File:Hans Dahl - By the Water's Edge.jpg|By the Water's Edge
File:Hans Dahl - Fiord with sailing boat.jpg|Fjord with sailing boat
File:Hans Dahl - Upon sunny waves.jpg|Upon Sunny Waves
File:Dahl Hans - Beim Heutransport 52x36cm.jpg|Transporting Hay
File:Dahl Hans 1901 41x68cm.jpg|Boating in Balestrand
File:On the Mountaintop.jpg|On the Mountaintop
File:Dahl Hans - Sognefjord von seinem Grundstück in Balestrand 1920 21x30cm.jpg|Sognefjord Near Summer Home in Balestrand
File:Hans-dahl peasant-girl.jpg|Peasant Girl
File:Hans Dahl - On the banks of the Fjord.jpg|On the banks of the Fjord
File:Hans-Dahl sommerwind.jpg|Sommerwind
File:On the Fjord by Hans Dahl.jpg|On the Fjord
References
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External links
{{Spoken Wikipedia|En-hansdahl.ogg|date=2005-12-10}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102035953/http://www.nrk.no/sf/leksikon/index.php/Villa_Strandheim Villa Strandheim]
- [http://www.himmeljord.no/kirke.aspx?id=3 Tjugum kyrkje]
- {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Dahl, Hans|volume=7|page=731}}
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