Frants Diderik Bøe (28 May 1820 - 13 November 1891) was a Norwegian painter, who specialized in

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and

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Biography

Frants Diderik Bøe was born and grew up in

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, as the second oldest of seven siblings. Encouraged by the local artistic community, including

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, he moved to

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where he enrolled in the

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. There he studied with the architect

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and sculptor

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. He also trained with artist,

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. In 1849, he moved to

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, where he studied under the expatriate Danish painter Theude Grønland (1817-1876). Starting in 1852, his vision became impaired from eye disease which would come to effect his later works. After eight years in Paris, he returned to Norway. He lived in

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from 1858 to 1861 and from 1863 to 1864, principally painting landscapes and scenes from nature. He married Hanna Maria Arnesen, a teacher from

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, in 1864. Later that year, the couple moved to Bergen where he lived the rest of his life. His work is featured in several public art museums, principally within Norway. Notable collections are featured at the National Gallery in Oslo, Bergen Billedgalleri and

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in Oslo. ''Frants Bøe – maler'' (Norsk kunstnerleksikon)
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Awards

*Honorable Mention - Salonen Paris, 1852 *Silver and bronze medal - Exposition Universelle. 1855 *Medal - Wien World Exhibition, 1873

Gallery

File:Frants Bøe - Villender, 1883.jpg, ''Wild Ducks'', 1883 File:Frants Bøe - Sami on skis in northern lights, 1885.jpg, ''Skiing Lapp with the
Northern Lights'', 1885 File:Frants Bøe - Fiskere i Lofoten, 1887.jpg, ''Fishermen in

'', 1887 File:Frants Bøe-Sandviksfjellet.jpg, ''

Sandviksfjellet Sandviksfjellet is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of the traditional seven mountains that surround the city centre of Bergen. The mountain lies on the east side of the city neighborhood of Sandviken, just ...

, Bergen'', circa 1891

References

Other sources

*Dietrichson, Lorentz (1991) ''Norges kunsts historie i det nittende arhundre'' (Oslo: Messel Forlag AS)

External links

''Frants Diderik Bøe'' (NiceArtGallery.com)
1820 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Norwegian painters Artists from Bergen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Norwegian male painters 19th-century Norwegian male artists {{Norway-painter-stub