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Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway

Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway

1848
(Norwegian, 1788–1857)
Norway
Oil on canvas
42 x 58 cm (16 9/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund 2019.76
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.
  • 1848
    Sachsischer Kunstverein Dresden, Germany, acquired from the artist, December 7, 1848
    by 1920
    Private Collection, by descent until 2010
    2010
    (Sotheby's, London, United Kingdom, auction sale, June 2, 2010, lot 212, sold to Asbjorn Lunde)
    2010-
    Asbjorn Lunde [1927-2017], New York, NY
    2019
    (Daxer & Marschall Kunsthandels GmbH, Muhich, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2019-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Forests, Rocks, Torrents: Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection. National Gallery, London, United Kingdom (June 22-September 18, 2011).
    Sachsischer Kunstverin, Dresden, Germany (1848).
  • {{cite web|title=Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway|url=false|author=Johan Christian Clausen Dahl|year=1848|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.76