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Adolph Tidemand (14 August 18148 August 1876) was a noted
Norwegian romantic nationalism
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painter. Among his best known paintings are ''Haugianerne'' (''The
Haugean
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s''; 1852) and ''
Brudeferd i Hardanger'' (''The Bridal Procession in Hardanger''; 1848), painted in collaboration with
Hans Gude
Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) 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 Roma ...
.
Biography
Adolph Tidemand was born in
Mandal
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, Norway as the son of customs inspector and
Storting
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representative Christen Tidemand (1779–1838) and Johanne Henriette Henrikke Haste (1779–1859). He received private art lessons in his home town and his talent was soon recognized. He then was enrolled in an art school in Christiania, moving on to Copenhagen in the period 1832–1837. Upon arrival in Copenhagen, he was rejected by the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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and studied at a private school of art, but by 1833 he was a pupil at the Academy, earning Academy exhibitions in 1835 and 1836. He studied there for five years and then began a journey to Italy to study further. But when Tidemand came to
Düsseldorf
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, Germany, he liked it so much that he settled down there.
From 1837 until 1841 he continued his studies at the art academy in Düsseldorf, which at the time enjoyed widespread international recognition. He studied with and was influenced by his teacher,
Theodor Hildebrandt
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Biography
He was a disci ...
. Here he prepared the well known ''Hjemvendte fiskere ved den sjællandske kyst'' (1838). The painting ''Gustav Vasa taler til dalalmuen i Mora kirke'' (1841) was sold to a German museum, but was later returned to Christiania. He is associated with the
Düsseldorf school of painting
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.
In the autumn of 1841 he studied in Italy along with his brother Emil. Few of his works from this period remain, except for the picture ''Napolitansk fisker'' (1842). Tidemand was preoccupied by Norwegian history, particularly after returning on a journey to Norway. During a journey to 1843 in
Hardanger
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, he met the 18-year-old
Hans Gude
Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) 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 Roma ...
. This resulted in a close friendship, and eventually they collaborated on several landscape paintings in which Tidemand painted the figures.
![Adolph Tidemand - Low Church Devotion - Google Art Project](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Adolph_Tidemand_-_Low_Church_Devotion_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
During 1842–1845 he traveled extensively in Norway (to
Østerdalen
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,
Gudbrandsdalen
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,
Sogn
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,
Hardanger
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and
Telemark
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). More of his works survive from this period, including ''Eventyrfortellersken'' (1844), ''Søndagskveld i en hardangersk røkstue'' (1843) and ''Gudstjeneste i en norsk landsens kirke'' (1845). In his later travels in southern Norway, the last in 1875, Tidemand studied folk costumes, domestic utensils and building and made himself familiar with oral traditions, folk tales and legends. His version of rusticity proved highly popular and in 1848 he was commissioned by
Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, to paint a series of Norwegian peasant life for the royal palace of
Oscarshall
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History
The palace was built from 1847 to 1852 by the Danish architect Johan Henrik Nebelong on commission from King Oscar I of ...
, near Christiania.
Today Adolph Tidemand is best known for this depiction of Norwegian farm and culture and is counted among the first Norwegian historic painters. In Tidemand's paintings of the old
Norwegian farm culture
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, he portrayed the peasant with a new dignity, humane and culturally. The
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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(''Nasjonalgalleriet'') in
Oslo
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alone owns more than 100 of his works.
Personal life
He married in 1845 with his childhood sweetheart, Claudine Marie Bergitte Jæger (1817–1887). The couple settled in Düsseldorf in 1845. Their only child, a son, Adolph, died in 1874 at 28 years of age.
Tidemand was awarded the
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
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(''Den Kongelige Norske St. Olavs Orden'') in 1849, the
French Legion of Honor
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(''Légion d'honneur'') in 1855 and the Swedish
Order of the Polar Star
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(''Nordstjärneorden'') in 1866.
Better known works
* 1838 – ''Hjemvendte fiskere ved den sjællandske kyst''
* 1841 – ''Gustav Vasa taler til dalkarlene i Mora kirke''
* 1843 – ''Søndagskveld i en hardangersk røkstue''
* 1844 – ''Eventyrfortellersken''
* 1845 – ''Søndagskveld i en røykstue i Hardanger''
* 1846 – ''Norsk juleskikk''
* 1848 – ''Brudeferden i Hardanger'' (painted together with
Hans Gude
Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) 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 Roma ...
)
* 1848 – ''Signe Halvorsdatter Valle i Sætersdalen''
* 1848 – ''Haugianerne'' (painted again in 1852)
* 1849 – ''De ensomme gamle'' (Also known as ''Husandakt'')
* 1849 – ''Ingeborg Andersdatter Gulsvik, FlÃ¥, som brud''
* 1851 – ''Aften pÃ¥ Krøderen'' (painted together with Hans Gude)
* 1852 – series ''Bondeliv'' i
Oscarshall
Oscarshall Palace is a ''maison de plaisance'' located in the small fjord Frognerkilen on Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway.
History
The palace was built from 1847 to 1852 by the Danish architect Johan Henrik Nebelong on commission from King Oscar I of ...
* 1852 – ''Haugianerne''
* 1853 – ''Likferd pÃ¥ Sognefjorden'' (painted together with Hans Gude)
* 1854 – ''Den foreldreløse''
* 1859 – ''Fiskere i havsnød'' (painted together with Hans Gude)
* 1865 – ''Bestemors brudekrone''
* 1865 – ''Fanatikerne''
* 1874 – ''Syneve''
* 1874 – ''Nød''
Gallery
File:Adolph Tidemand Norsk juleskik.jpg, ''Norsk juleskik'' (Norwegian Christmas customs. 1846)
File:Hans Gude & Adolph Tidemand - Lystring på Krøderen - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Lystringen'', Hans Gude and Adolph Tidemand (Fishing with a harpoon. 1851)
File:A Tidemand-Parti fra Oslo Strandgate.jpg, ''Parti fra Oslo Strandgate'' (View from Oslo Beach Street. 1852)
File:Hans Gude--Likferd Pa Sognefjorden--1853.jpg, ''Likferd Pa Sognefjorden'' (Burial at Sognefjord, with Hans Gude. 1853)
File:Folkelivsbilleder Titel.JPG, ''Norske Folkelivsbilleder'' (Norwegian folk pictures. 1854)
File:Norske Folkelivsbilleder 06 - Kortspillerne (Adolph Tidemand).jpg, ''The player at cards'', before 1858
File:Bestefaderens Erindringer (Adolph Tidemand).jpg, ''Bestefaderens Erindringer'' (Grandfather's Memories. 1865)
File:Adolph Tidemand - Skovinteriör (1869).jpg, ''Skovinteriör'' (Forest interior. 1869)
File:Adolph Tidemand Sinclairs landing.jpg, ''Sinclairs landing i Romsdal'' (Sinclair's landing. 1876 - see George Sinclair (mercenary)
George Sinclair (c. 1580–1612) was a Scottish mercenary who fought and died in the Kalmar War. He is remembered in popular song in Norway and the Faroe Islands, through the ballad ''Sinklars Visa''.
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)
References
Sources
*Askeland, Jan. ''Adolph Tidemand og hans tid'' (Oslo: Aschehoug. 1991).
*Askeland, Jan. ''Norsk Malerkunst, Hovedlinjen gjennom 200år – uten stedsangivelse'' (Oslo: Aschehoug. 1981). .
*Dietrichson, Lorentz. ''Adolph Tidemand, Hans Liv Og Hans Værker, Volumes 1-2'' (Nabu Press. 1923).
*Noss, Aagot. ''Adolph Tidemand og folk han møtte, studiar frå reisene i norske dalføre, akvarellar, målarstykke og teikningar'' (Universitetsforlaget. 1981).
*Haverkamp, Frode. ''Adolph Tidemand 1814-1876, Hans Fredrik Gude 1825-1903'' (Blaafarveværket, 1984).
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1814 births
1876 deaths
People from Vest-Agder
People from Mandal, Norway
19th-century Norwegian painters
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
Order of the Polar Star
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Norwegian male painters
19th-century Norwegian male artists
Düsseldorf school of painting