Johan Christian Dahl

Mrs Stenersen (acquired from the artist via the Christiania Kunstforening in 1855);

J. L. Malthe (by 1888);

Anonymous sale, Bukowski, Stockholm, 10 October 1951, lot 78;

Anonymous sale, Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner, Oslo, 21 November 2002, lot 19;

Where acquired by the present owner.

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Madame Stenersen (acquis après de l'artiste au Christiania Kunstforening en 1855) ;

J. L. Malthe (en 1888) ;

Vente anonyme, Bukowski, Stockholm, 10 octobre 1951, lot 78 ;

Vente anonyme, Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner, Oslo, 21 novembre 2002, lot 19 ;

Où acquis par l'actuel propriétaire.

Christiania (Oslo), Kunstforening; Bergen, Exercerhuset, Commemorative Exhibitions in Bergen and Christiania, 1888, no. 95 et possibly no. 100 (Bergen);

Tromsø, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum and Bergen, Kunstmuseum, Den Ville Natur: Sveitsisk og Norsk romantikk, 2007-08, no. 33;

London, The National Gallery, Forest, Rocks, Torrents Norwegian and Swiss Landscape Paintings from the Lunde Collection, 2011, no. 23 (repr.);

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Sublime North: Romantic Painters Discover Norway Paintings from the Collection of Asbjørn Lunde, 2017­- 2018.

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Christiania (Oslo), Kunstforening ; Bergen, Exercerhuset, Commemorative Exhibitions in Bergen and Christiania, 1888, n° 95 et peut-être n° 100 (Bergen) ;

Tromsø, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum et Bergen, Kunstmuseum, Den Ville Natur: Sveitsisk og Norsk romantikk, 2007-08, n° 33 ;

Londres, The National Gallery, Forest, Rocks, Torrents Norwegian and Swiss Landscape Paintings from the Lunde Collection, 2011, n° 23 (repr.) ;

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Sublime North: Romantic Painters Discover Norway Paintings from the Collection of Asbjørn Lunde, 2017­- 2018.

M. Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, Life and Works, Oslo 1987, vol. II, pp. 341-342, no. 1152; vol. III, pl. 495, no. 1152 (as Farm on a Mountain Side and whereabouts unknown, repr.).

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M. Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, Life and Works, Oslo, 1987, vol. II, p. 341-342, n° 1152 ; vol. III, pl. 495, n° 1152 (as Farm on a Mountain Side et localisation inconnue, repr.).

This work encapsulates the wild northern landscapes with which Dahl made his name. Although he had established his international reputation by 1820, when he settled permanently in Dresden, his love for Norwegian landscapes stimulated his creativity throughout his life. While travelling in Norway, Dahl drew constantly in his sketchbooks, amassing a large number of studies that he could later paint in oils in his Dresden studio. In his notes, Dahl described this work as ‘an imaginary painting in the style of Voss’, linking the painting to the region north-east of his natal city. 

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Cette œuvre résume les paysages sauvages du nord pour lesquels Dahl est renommé. Bien qu'il ait établi sa réputation internationale en s'installant définitivement à Dresde après 1820, son amour pour les paysages norvégiens a alimenté sa créativité tout au long de sa vie. Pendant ses voyages en Norvège, Dahl a constamment dessiné dans ses carnets, accumulant un grand nombre d'études qu'il pouvait plus tard peindre à l'huile dans son atelier à Dresde. Dans ses notes, Dahl décrit cette œuvre comme « un paysage imaginaire dans le style de Voss », associant son œuvre à cette région située au nord-est de sa ville natale.