page_title: Andreas Bloch
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Andreas Bloch / Career
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Karikatur av Andreas Bloch fra "Korsaren" 1908.
context_page_description: Andreas Bloch was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer.
context_section_description: Andreas Bloch was a student at the art school of Knud Bergslien from 1878 until 1879. He studied at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf) under Johann Peter Theodor Janssen from 1880 until 1881, and made study tours to Belgium, Paris and Leipzig.
  Bloch is remembered primarily for his drawings. He delivered illustrations to the satirical magazines Vikingen, Krydseren and Korsaren, illustrated numerous books, and designed costumes for Christiania Theater and Nationaltheatret.  He  designed posters and theatrical costumes, as well as portraits. He designed the Coat of arms of Lillehammer.
  He illustrated books by several Norwegian authors including works by children's author, Margrethe Aabel Munthe (Aase fiskerpike, 1912), by educator, Nordahl Rolfsen, (Vore fædres liv, 1898) works by adventurer Henrik August Angell (Vor sidste Krig 1807–1814, 1905) and author Jacob Breda Bull (Af Norges Frihedssaga, 1899 ). He delivered illustrations to Fridtjof Nansen's expedition books Paa ski over Grønland (on his Greenland expedition) and  Fram over Polhavet (Nansen's Fram expedition).
  He also painted some historical subjects including the coronation of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud (Kong Haakon og Dronning Mauds kroning i Nidarosdomen, 1906) in Nidaros Cathedral.  His works are represented in both the National Gallery and in Oslo City Museum.
caption: Caricature from Korsaren.
  Andreas Bloch (1908)
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