Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway

1848

Johan Christian Clausen Dahl

(Norwegian, 1788–1857)

Culture

Norway

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

42 x 58 cm (16 9/16 x 22 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund 2019.76

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Location

220 19th Century European

Did You Know?

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.

Description

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.