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Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019
Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway
Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway
1848
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl
(Norwegian, 1788–1857)
Oil on canvas
42 x 58 cm (16 9/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund 2019.76
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Set against a magnificent mountain cliff, the waterfall empties into a broad fjord that stretches nearly 70 miles before reaching the ocean just north of Dahl’s hometown of Bergen.
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Johan Christian Dahl painted this dramatic view of the Feige Waterfall at Lysterfjord, one of the most spectacular natural wonders in his homeland, at time a when Norwegians were trying to foster awareness of their identity as a distinct national culture. Dahl’s views of Norway played a crucial role in establishing his reputation as the leading Norwegian artist of the period and one of most important landscape painters of the Romantic era.
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