Peter Nicolai Arbo
Peter Nicolai Arbo (June 18, 1831 – October 14, 1892) was a Norwegian painter, who specialized in painting motifs from Norwegian history and images from Norse mythology. He is above all noted for Åsgardsreien, a dramatic motif based on a Norwegian folk legend and Valkyrie, which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology.
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Biography
Peter Nicolai Arbo grew up at Gulskogen Manor in Gulskogen, a borough in Drammen. He was the son of headmaster Christian Fredrik Arbo and his wife Marie Christiane von Rosen. His brother Carl Oscar Eugen Arbo was a military medical doctor and a pioneer in Norwegian anthropologic studies.[1]
Arbo started his art education with a year at Helsted's Drawing School in Copenhagen 1851-1852. After this, he studied at the art academy in Düsseldorf. From 1853 to 1855 he studied under of Karl Ferdinand Sohn, professor of The Düsseldorf School of Art, and from 1857-1858 under J. E. Hünthen who was a battle and animal painter. At Düsseldorf he was for some time a private student of the history painter C. Mengelberg. He had contact with Adolph Tidemand and became a good friend of Hans Gude both of whom were professors at the art academy in Düsseldorf.
In 1861 Arbo returned to Norway and the following year he went on a study trip together with Gude and Frederik Collett. In 1863 he painted the first version of Horse flock on the high mountains, a motif he later on took up again several times. The version from 1889 is at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norwegian: Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design) in Oslo and is considered one of the most important of his works.[2]
Drammens Museum
Drammens Museum (Norwegian: Drammens museum for kunst og kulturhistorie) is located in the heart of Drammen, on the southern side of the Drammen River. In earlier years this was an area of elegant country houses on the magnificent landed property known as Marienlyst. Exhibits of the museum include items from the historical and cultural background of Norway. Drammen museum consists of five departments including Gulskogen Manor, the childhood home Peder Nicolai Arbo. In the many beautiful rooms of Gulskogen Manor, one will find works by this distinguished history-painter.[3]
Gallery
 Valkyrie, 1869 |
 Saint Olav at the battle of Stiklestad |
 Hervor's death |
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 Håkon the Good (1860) |
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References
- ^ Gulskogen Farm Norwegian Heritage Foundation (Norsk Kulturarv)http://www.olavsrosa.no/en/objektinfo.aspx?id=2734
- ^ Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831 – 1892) (Art Experts Inc. Holly Hill, Florida) http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/arbo.php
- ^ Culture in Norway (Handbook for Tour Operators. NOR-Profil AS) http://rask.dyndns.ws/norvegiaonline/files/cultureinnorway.pdf
Other Sources
- Marit I. Lange and Anne Berit Skaug Peter Nicolai Arbo 1831-1892 (Museum of Drammen. Exhibition Catalogue. edited 1986)
- Leif Østby and Henning Alsvik, Norges billedkunst i det nittende og tyvende århundre( bind 1 s. 167-168)
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