Peder Balke

(1804–1887) norsk målare

Peder Balke (Norway, 1804–1887) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Peder Balke belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Peder Balke was born in Helgøya and died in Christiania. Peder Balke trained at Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. The teachers included Carl Johan Fahlcrantz and Johan Christian Dahl.

The best-known works include ‘Seascape’, ‘From Nordland’, ‘Vue du cap Nord’, and ‘Stetind in Fog’. The catalogue has 48 works by Peder Balke with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1900. Works by Peder Balke are held by several collections, among them Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, and National Gallery of Norway. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Johannes Flintoe, Johan Christian Dahl, Rudolph Wiegmann, Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay, and Jacques Raymond Brascassat.

• Romanticism
• Stetind i dimma