Hans Dahl (1849-1937) è stato un pittore Norvegese, noto principalmente per i suoi paesaggi.
Biografia
Dahl nacque a Granvin, nella odierna contea di Vestland.
Dopo un periodo di servizio militare, Hans studiò arte presso Karlsruhe e Düsseldorf, dove ebbe come insegnante il pittore Hans Gude.
Nel 1902 fu nominato cavaliere dell'ordine di Sant'Olav.
Visse a Berlino fino al 1919, anno di morte dell'omonimo figlio. In seguito rimpatriò definitivamente per trasferirsi a Balestrand.
Arte
La prima esibizione di Hans Dahl fu tenuta a Düsseldorf nel 1876. Il pittore, che dal 1888 visse in Germania, faceva ritorno in Norvegia ogni estate per trarre spunto per i suoi lavori.
Egli divenne infatti celebre per i suoi ritratti di paesaggi e fiordi del suo paese d'origine, e riassunse i principi della sua arte nel libro Malerne og publikum (Arti e pubblico), dove espresse il suo desiderio di produrre opere che non fossero elitarie, ma al contrario dirette ad una vasta comprensione.
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Hans Dahl (19 February 1849 - 27 July 1937) was a Norwegian painter.
Hans Dahl was famous for his paintings of Norwegian fjords and surrounding landscapes.
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, Villa Strandheim.
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.
Between 1888-1919, 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.
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.
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