Johannes Flintoe (1786/87,

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- 27 January 1870, Copenhagen) was a Danish-born painter of Norwegian ancestry. He is known for his landscapes, costume studies and historical scenes. His works play a significant role in the transition to

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Biography

His family (originally "Flinthoug") came from

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and his father was a metal caster. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to a master decorative painter named Pader Faxøe, who became his foster father. In 1802, he began studies at the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

, which he completed in 1805. During this time, he also took private lessons in decorative and theatrical painting. From 1807 to 1808, he served in the

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and developed

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, which would create health issues for the rest of his life.Brief biography
@ the Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. In 1811, he was named a master painter in the Copenhagen guild and moved to Christiania (Oslo), to join his brother Jacob, who had become established there as a master mason. He worked as a decorator until he took a teaching position at the newly created

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in 1819. During his tenure there, he travelled extensively throughout Norway, visiting

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and other scenic locations, painting local costumes as well as landscapes. He also accompanied

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on a mapping expedition to

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and, together with Wilhelm Maximilian Carpelan, made some of the first drawings of the

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mountains. One of his most popular works is the "Fugleværelset" (Bird Room), a waiting room at the

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, painted to give the illusion that one is looking at landscapes and the sky from an open pavilion. From 1842 to 1851, he was on the board of the

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. Many of his sketches and paintings were published from 1838 to 1840 with text by

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. Among his best-known students were

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and

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. In 1851, he returned to Copenhagen and lived on a pension. By 1866, his health had deteriorated to the point that he had to be cared for by the wife of a former student. He died in 1870.

Selected works

File:Johannes flintoe norwegian folk costume from telemark.jpg, Folk costumes from Telemark. File:Johannes flintoe krundalen 1822.jpg, Jostedalen in

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. File:Tollvisitasjon ved Klingenberg FlintoeOB.01046.jpg, A Customs station File:Johannes flintoe norwegian myrhorn in royal castle oslo.jpg, A panel from the ''Fugleværelset''.

References

External links

Works by Flintoe
@ the Vaering Art Gallery.
Drawings by Flintoe
@ the Nasjonal Museet. {{DEFAULTSORT:Flintoe, Johannes 1787 births 1870 deaths Danish romantic painters Danish expatriates in Norway Artists from Copenhagen 19th-century Norwegian people Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni

Biography

Selected works

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