Erik Bodom (September 28, 1829 – 16 April 1879) was a

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Biography

Erik Bodom was born in

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. He was a pupil at the

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during 1847. He was a student of

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during 1848. In 1850, he traveled to Düsseldorf, where he made rapid progress. In 1852, he sold a landscape painting ''Aus dem Bondhusthal'' (''From the Bondhusdalen''), to Bridgewater Gallery in London. The following year, he became an honorary member of the Royal Academy in

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. Bodom developed a distinctly romanticized form of landscape painting. He painted in a style similar to that associated with

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, who was noted for his melancholic and romantic landscape paintings. Bodom often featured scenes from the

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. The composition of such images frequently featured landscapes of forested hills and quiet ponds, often with a bewitching atmosphere using strong contrasts between light and dark. In 1862, Bodom established a permanent residence in

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, That same year he visited Norway for the last time. He died in Düsseldorf. The

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is the owner of several pieces of his art including ''Fra Nordmarken'' (1857), ''Havneparti'' (1865), and ''Kystparti med bauta og vrak'' (1878).''Erik Bodom, maler'' (Norsk kunstnerleksikon Ingrid Reed Thomsen, forfatter
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Gallery

File:Erik Bodom.jpg, ''Norwegische Sommerlandschaft'' (1854) File:Erik Bodom - Minnesteiner (1868).jpg, ''Minnesteiner'' (1868) File:Erik Bodom - Ruhe nach dem Sturm (1871).jpg, ''Ruhe nach dem Sturm'' (1871) File:Erik Bodom - Bondhusbreen i Sunnhordland (1878).jpg, ''Bondhusbreen i Sunnhordland'' (1878) File:Erik Bodom - Norska kustlandskap 2 st (1878).jpg, ''Norska kustlandskap 2nd'' (1878) File:Erik Bodom - Foss med sagbruk.jpg, ''Foss med sagbruk'' (1878)

Notes

Sources differ regarding the date of his death. Monroe (1908) and Hannover (1922), among others, give 1879, but Muther (1896) gives 1873 and the ''Meyers Konversations-Lexikon'' 4th ed. (1890) gives April 18, 1880.

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External links

* 1829 births 1879 deaths Norwegian landscape painters Norwegian expatriates in Germany 19th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters People from Vestby 19th-century Norwegian male artists Düsseldorf school of painting {{Norway-painter-stub