Nikolai Ulfsten
Nikolai Martin Ulfsten , also Nicolai Ulfsten , originally Nikolai Martin Nielsen (born September 29, 1854 in Bergen , Norway , † December 24, 1885 in Christiania , Norway), was a Norwegian landscape and genre painter .
Life
Ulfsten, son of the merchant Niels Nielsen and his wife Marthe Malene Sjursdatter Dahle, went to Düsseldorf in 1874 after a short stay at Knud Bergslien's painting school under Peder Cappelen Thurmann , where he stayed for about four months and studied at the Düsseldorf painting school . Then he moved on to Karlsruhe . He was a student of Karl Gussow and Hans Fredrik Gude at the Grand Ducal Baden Art School there . In 1879 he traveled to Italy and Egypt , in 1881 to Constantinople and in 1884 to Algeria . Orientalist paintings come from these trips . However, he was best known for Nordic beach scenes. He sent his pictures to numerous exhibitions, such as the Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia in 1876 and the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878 as well as the Salon de Paris from 1879 to 1882. On May 1, 1883, he married Bolette Helene Hedevig Jebe (1860-1894) in Bergen. The painter Amaldus Nielsen was one of his close friends .
Works (selection)
- Fra Jæren , 1879, Oslo National Museum
- Strandparti fra Jæren , 1882, Bergen Art Museum
- En nødhavn , 1884, Oslo National Museum
- En strandvasker , 1884, Oslo National Museum
- Fra Algerie , 1884, Oslo National Museum
literature
- Ulfsten, Nikolai . In: Arvid Ahnfelt (Hrsg.): Europe's constituent: alfabetiskt ordade biografier öfver vårt århundrades förnämsta artister . Oskar L. Lamms Förlag, Stockholm 1887, p. 612 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Ulfsten, Nikolai . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 30 : Tromsdalstind – Urakami . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1920, Sp. 910 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Sigurd Willoch: Ulfsten, Nikolai . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 24 : Tyskland – Vertere . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1928, p. 220 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Hild Sørby: Nicolai Ulfsten. Messel forlag, Oslo 1997.
Web links
- Nikolai Ulfsten . Biography in the portal nkl.snl.no ( Norsk kunstnerleksikon )
- Nikolai Ulfsten . Biography in the portal nbl.snl.no ( Norsk biografisk leksikon )
- Nicolai Martin Ulfsten . Auction results in the portal artnet .com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 441
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ulfsten, Nikolai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ulfsten, Nikolai Martin (full name); Nielsen, Nikolai Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian landscape and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1885 |
| Place of death | Christiania , Norway |