Discover painter, draftsperson, academy lecturer Johan Christian Dahl

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: Dahl, Johan Christian Clausen

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, academy lecturer, professor, art collector

Nationality/school: Norwegian, Danish, German

Born: Bergen (Norway) 1788-02-24

Deceased: Dresden 1857-10-14
Johan Christian Dahl died on 14 October 1857 and was buried in the Elias cemetery in Dresden. In 1934 his remains were moved to St. Jacob's churchyard in his native Bergen (Bang 1987, p. 20).

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Claus Trulsen (1754-1823) and Else Birgithe Johnsdatter (d. 1828); married in Dresden with Dorothea Franzisca Friederike Emilie Block (b. 28.07.1801); second marriage in Silezia with Amalie von Bassewitz (b. 15.01.1794); father of Johannes Siegwald Dahl (Østby 2020)

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12 hits in RKDimages as provenance
17 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Biographical information

Education: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (Kopenhagen)

Started his training at the Royal Danish Art Academy in 1811, in 1817 Dahl ended his Academy studies, archieving the 'Great Silver Maedal'.
Königliche Kunstakademie (Dresden)

Dahl was received as a member of the Dresden Academy in 1820.

Active in

Bergen (Noorwegen) 1803 - 1811
From 1803 to 1809 Dahl had an apprenticeship in the painter workshop of Johan G. Müller in Bergen, Norway. (Bang 1987, p. 19). In 1811 he left Bergen.
Kopenhagen 1811 - 1818
Dahl had left Bergen with financial aid from the burgher society 'Vennekredsen'. In 1815 he had his first triumph at the annual Academy exhibition at Charlottenborg, where he showed thirteen landscape paintings.
Dresden 1818 - 1820
In 1818 he left Copenhagen and went to Dresden where he arrived 28 September 1818. In Dresden he met Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). June 1819 Dahl got a visit in Dresden from the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik, who was on his way to Italy.
Rome 1820-07-24 - 1820-08-11
On 24 July 1820 he arrived in Rome to join Prince Christain Frederik in Italy, he left Rome before 11 August 1820.
Castellammare di Stabia 1820-08-11 - 1820
8 August 1820 Dahl arrived in Quisisana.
Napels 1820 - 1821-02-07
Dahl left Naples before 7 February 1821.
Rome 1821-02-07 - 1821-06-27
He came to Rome on 7 February 1821, where he lived at Via Sistina 12.
Dresden 1821-07-27 - 1826-04-10
Dahl arrived in Dresden on 27 July 1821. In 1823 he settled in the house, An der Elbe 33, where the painter Caspar David Friedrich lived.
Reuzengebergte 1824-08-12 - 1824-08-25
Short trip to Riesengebirge
Noorwegen 1826-04-10 - 1826-10-13
First Norwegian journey
Dresden 1826-10-13 - 1834-05-27
Arrived in Dresden after 13 October 1826.
Kopenhagen 1834
spent a few days in Copenhagen (Holck Colding a.o. 1972, p. 329)
Noorwegen 1834-05-27 - 1834-11-18
Second trip to Norway.
Dresden 1832-11-18 - 1837-07-31
Arrived in Dresden after 18 November 1832 and stayed until c. 31 July 1837.
Kopenhagen 1837-08-01 - 1837-08-31
Visit to Copenhagen to attend the Bugge Sale in August 1837.
Wörlitz 1838-09-26 - 1838-10-06
Visit to Wörlitz near Dessau.
Dresden 1838-10-06 - 1839-06-24
Arrived in Dresden after 6 October 1838.
Noorwegen 1839-06-24 - 1839-10-10
Third trip to Norway.
Dresden 1839-10-10 - 1844-06-17
Arrived in Dresden after 10 October 1839.
Noorwegen 1844-06-17 - 1844-10-08
Fourth Norwegian journey.
Dresden 1844-10-08 - 1847-04-20
Arrived in Dresden after 8 October 1844.
Parijs 1847-04-20 - 1847-06-01
Brussel 1847-04-20 - 1847-06-01
Journeys to Paris and Brussels from 20 April to 1 June 1847.
Dresden 1847-06-01 - 1850-05-04
Arrived in Dresden after 1 June 1847.
Noorwegen 1850-05-04 - 1850-10-25
His fifth and last Norwegian journey.
Dresden 1850-10-25 - 1855
Arrived in Dresden after 25 October 1850.
Parijs 1855
Dahl showed three paintings in the 'World Exhibition' in Paris, however not he but the Norwegian 'Düsseldorfer' painters received the madals and honeurs.
Dresden 1855 - 1857
For all data concerning the locations of Dahl's activities (Bang 1987, p. 19-20)

Teacher at academy/university: Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Dresden)
Became Professor Extraordinary at the Academy in Dresden in 1824.

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Has, Georg
Lorentzen, Christian August
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bull, Knud Geelmuyden
Calmeyer, Jacob Mathias
Castell, Johann Anton
Croll, Carl Robert
Fearnley, Thomas
Frich, Joachim
Gille, Christian Friedrich
Oehme, Ernst Ferdinand
Sparmann, Karl Christian
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Eckersberg, Christoffer Wilhelm
Juel, Jens
Pauelsen, Erik
Claude Lorrain
Friedrich, Caspar David
Both, Jan
Everdingen, Allaert van
Ruisdael, Jacob van
Hobbema, Meindert
Neer, Aert van der

As regards the Old Masters, Johan Christian Dahl studied mainly the artists from whose works he could learn techniques. For rendering the different types of landscapes he studied Jan Both and Claude Lorrain for Southern landscapes. Everdingen and Ruisdael for landscapes in 'Norwegian character'. Hobbema for forest scenes, and Aert van der Neer for moonlight effects. (Bang 1987 vol. 1, p. 115); Dahl is called 'der neue Everdingen' in the 'Excerpts from Contemporary Writings'. (Bang 1987 vol. 1, p. 263, no. 86a, 'Dahl compares to Everdingen and Ruisdael')
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Catel, Franz Ludwig
Crola, Georg Heinrich
Sødring, Frederik Hansen

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: landscape (genre), mountain landscape, forest landscape, coastal view, winter landscape, marine (genre), portrait, cityscape, topography

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: Ausbreitung/Nachwirkung

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 17 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 8 (1913), p. 270-272
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 308, 346, 480
Busse 1977 , p. 285
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 72
Bang 1987 , passim
Weilbach 1994-2000 , vol. 2, p. 90
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 4, p. 183
Saur 1992- , vol. 23 (1999), p. 410-412
Sørlie 2000 , p. 57-59 et passim
Kraan 2002 , p. 114, 117

C.W. Schnitler, Malerkunsten i Norge i det attende aarhundre, Oslo 1920, p. 96-98
W.C. Müller, Briefe an deutsche Freunde von einer Reise durch Italien, Sachsen, Böhmen und Österreich, 1820-'21, Altona 1924
O. Rönning Johannesen, 'J.C. Dahl, a Great Romantic', The Connoisseur (1960) 1, p. 26-29
T. Holck Colding a.o., Dansk Kunsthistorie 3: Billedkunst og Skulptur. Akademiet og Guldalderen 1750-1850, Copenhagen 1972, p. 328-330
R. Verdi, 'A rediscovered ''moonlight '' by Johan Christian Dahl', Burlington Magazine 147 (februari 2005), p. 115-117
B. Verwiebe, 'Johan Christian Dahl. Fjord bei Holmestrand. Eine Neuerwerbung des Vereins der Freunde der Nationalgalerie', MuseumsJournal 19 (2005), no. 3, p. 20-21

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Project: Gerson Digital : Norway (Nachwirkung)
Gerson Digital : Germany (Nachwirkung)
Dreaming of Holland

External links: Lugt (Marques de Collections) no. L.4418
this artist in Norsk kunstnerleksikon - Store Norske Leksikon (L. Østby 2020)

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Creation date: 1991-12-02; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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