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| Hans Fredrik Gude (1825–1903) | ||||||||||
| Born in Christiania, Gude was a Norwegian romantic painter renowned for his landscape and marine scenes. He initially studied under Johannes Flintoe before attempting to enter the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf, though he was rejected. After some private lessons with Andreas Achenbach, he was admitted to the Academy in 1842, where he studied under the landscape artist Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Gude visited Norway between 1843 and 1846, and returned to live in Christiania from 1848 to 1850. In 1854, he was appointed professor at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf. He spent time in England in 1862, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1863 and 1864, though with limited success. In 1864, he moved to Karlsruhe and became a professor at the Baden School of Art, later taking up a similar position at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1880. Gude was a member of the academies in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, and Vienna, and received numerous accolades, including gold medals at the Berlin Exhibition in 1852 and 1860, as well as a second-class medal at the Paris Exhibition in 1855, 1861, and 1867. His works reflect the influence of Achenbach, who encouraged him to approach nature boldly and realistically with a rich colour palette, and of Schirmer, who guided him towards a harmonious style and a strong sense of composition. Gude's landscapes were marked by a robust realism, which, although effective in conveying a sense of Northern nature, often neglected the more fleeting moods of the environment. His works, while regarded as correct and suitable for galleries, rarely evoked strong emotion, remaining steady and unemotional in tone. Gude died in Berlin and was buried in Oslo. He was the most celebrated Norwegian artist of his time, and although his works were popular during his life, art historians lost interest after his death. Interest in his work was revived with the restoration of the Düsseldorf academy in the 1970s and the staging of numerous international exhibitions. | ||||||||||
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