Norwegian Coast During a Storm
Medium
etching with bitten tone on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.7 x 15 cm (4 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 13 x 16.5 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Epstein Family Fund
Accession Number
1992.50.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Johan Christian Dahl · 1788–1857
**Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (1788–1857)** was a Norwegian painter widely regarded as the founder of the “golden age” of Norwegian painting and the father of Norwegian landscape art. Born in Bergen on 24 February 1788 to a modest fishing family, Dahl received his earliest training in his hometown. From 1803 to 1809 he studied with the local painter Johan Georg Müller, whose workshop produced th...