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'' vogel von vogelstein -lrb- 1823 -rrb- portrait of johan christian dahl '' carl christian norwegian romantic nationalism 14 october 1857 dresden , germany bergen , norway order dannebrog of st. olav order of vasa order of norwegian johan christian dahl norwegian landscape painting 24 february 1788 carl dahl.jpg christian vogel von vogelstein - johan christian clausen johan christian dahl
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johan christian dahl

johan christian claussen dahl -lrb- february 24 , 1788 -- october 14 , 1857 -rrb- , often known as or was a norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in norway , the founder of the `` golden age '' of norwegian painting , and one of the greatest european artists of all time .
he is often described as `` the father of norwegian landscape painting '' and is regarded as the first norwegian painter ever to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest european artists of his day .
he was also the first acquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad .
as one critic has put it , `` j.c. dahl occupies a central position in norwegian artistic life of the first half of the 19th century .
although dahl spent much of his life outside of norway , his love for his country is clear in the motifs he chose for his paintings and in his extraordinary efforts on behalf of norwegian culture generally .
indeed , if one sets aside his own monumental artistic creations , his other activities on behalf of art , history , and culture would still have guaranteed him a place at the very heart of the artistic and cultural history of norway .
he was , for example , a key figure in the founding of the norwegian national gallery and of several other major art institutions in norway , as well as in the preservation of norwegian stave churches and the restoration of the nidaros cathedral in trondheim and håkonshallen in bergen .
