Historical FigureMale
Hans Gude
1825 – 1903
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryHans Fredrik Gude was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Romanticism. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting and is best known for landscapes of Norway’s mountains, fjords, and coast.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 13, 1825
Christiania
Date of death
August 17, 1903
Berlin
Citizenship
Norway
Occupations & fields
painteruniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. OlavRoyal Order of the Polar StarOrder of the Red Eagle 3rd ClassKnight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
Notable works
The Sandvik FiordBridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord
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