Paintings by Peder Balke Exhibition Catalogue The National Gallery London - Hardcover

Marit Ingeborg Lange; Knut Ljogodt; Christopher Riopelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857095820 ISBN 13: 9781857095821

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In 1832, the Norwegian painter Peder Balke (1804–1887) traveled to the far north of Norway to the dramatic coastline of the North Cape. The experience was so profound that he built his career painting isolated Arctic Circle seascapes. His pictures were originally rooted in the 19th-century romanticism of artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and his compatriot, Johan Christian Dahl. Later in his career Balke created improvised seascapes with roughly applied brushwork―sometimes using his hands, a technique that was prescient of early modern expressionism. His profile as an artist had fallen into obscurity outside of Norway, but now this book brings together a group of Balke’s pictures from collections in Europe and the United States, and introduces readers to a unique artist and personality whose works bridged 19th-century romanticism and early modern expressionism. 

Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

Northern Norway Art Museum, Tromsø
(06/14/14–10/12/14)

National Gallery, London
(11/12/14–04/12/15)

About this title

About the Author

Marit Ingeborg Lange is former curator and research fellow at the National Gallery, Oslo.
Knut Ljøgodt is former director of the Northern Norway Art Museum, Tromsø. Christopher Riopelle is curator of post-1800 paintings at the National Gallery, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857095820
• ISBN 13: 9781857095821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128