19 Facts About Hans Dahl

Hans Dahl was best known for his paintings of Norwegian fjords and surrounding landscapes.

Hans Dahl was born in the village of Granvin, on the Hardangerfjord in Hordaland, Norway.

Hans Dahl's talent was already evident when Dahl was 16 years old.

However, it was only after service in the army that Dahl received artistic education.

Hans Dahl was educated first to become an officer and became a lieutenant in 1871.

Hans Dahl went to Karlsruhe, where he studied under Hans Fredrik Gude and Wilhelm Riefstahl and then to Dusseldorf, where his teachers included Eduard von Gebhardt and Wilhelm Sohn.

Hans Dahl's art became associated with the Dusseldorf school of painting, which was characterized by finely detailed yet still fanciful landscapes.

Hans Dahl lived in Dusseldorf until 1888, when he moved to Berlin.

Hans Dahl's villa was of a similar design to the villa built for Normann.

Between 1888 and 1919, Hans Dahl lived mostly in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and spent only the summer in Balestrand.

German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, became one of Hans Dahl's patrons, conferring a professorship upon him in 1910, and visiting Hans Dahl in Balestrand several summers in a row.

Hans Dahl resisted the transition in art from romanticism to modernism.

Hans Dahl was particularly criticised by the art historian Jens Thiis.

Hans Dahl 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.

Hans Dahl often described the scenery of the western part of Norway in brilliant sunshine with smiling people in national costumes.

Hans Dahl was married to Helene Bewer, the daughter of the German painter Clemens Bewer.

In 1902 Hans Dahl was appointed knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav, 1st class.

Hans Dahl died in Balestrand in Sogn og Fjordane during 1937.

Hans Dahl's grave is located in the churchyard of Tjugum Church.