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Eilert Adelsteen Normann

Eilert Adelsteen Normann - HISTORY

A magnanimous and perceptive soul

Change arrived with the northerner, Eilert Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918), from Bodin.

Eilert Adelsteen NormannEilert Adelsteen Normann studied in Düsseldorf, and even though he was not taught by Hans Gude, but by the more modern Eugène Dücker from Estonia, he did follow the more or less theatrical standpoint that was preferred in Düsseldorf. This is evident in his painting “From Lauksund, Raftsundet” (1887). To be sure, the tall mountains do indeed tower in the background, but focus is primarily on the reflection of the sky in the water and the boats on the fjord.

Adelsteen Normann was a magnanimous and perceptive soul who encouraged talented northerners to study abroad. One of them was his cousin, Ole Juul.

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OUR ARTISTS

Meet the artist at the heart of Galleri Lofoten’s collection, from the painters of Norway’s Golden
Age to some of the country’s leading contemporary artists.

Wilhelm Schiertz

A German-Norwegian painter drawn to Norway by its architecture and its landscapes.

Ole Ertzeid

Four decades painting light, dark and the landscape between.

Johannes Von Ditten

A Norwegian landscape painter of western and northern Norway.

Gunnar Berg

A short life devoted to Lofoten.

Ørnulf Opdahl

Landscape painter of exceptional stillness and scale.

Even Ulving

A Norwegian painter who travelled the world and kept coming back to Lofoten.

Ole Juul

A North Norwegian painter whose coastal scenes reward patient looking.

Frants Bøe

A Bergen painter who spent five years in Lofoten studying bird life and Arctic light.
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