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Peder Balke
Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

Peder Balke, The Artists
Portrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke was a Norwegian artist born on November 4, 1804. Balke contributed to the Romantic movement and died on February 5, 1887.

North Cape, Peder Balke

North Cape 1844

Steigen, Peder Balke

Steigen 1847 – 1849

Lighthouse on the Norwegian Coast, Peder Balke

Lighthouse on the Norwegian Coast 1855

Coastal Landscape with Wreck, Peder Balke

Coastal Landscape with Wreck 1860 – 1869

Månelys, Peder Balke

Månelys 1870

Northern Lights, Peder Balke

Northern Lights 1870

Vardøhus Fortress, Peder Balke

Vardøhus Fortress 1870

The Northern Lights over Four Men in a Rowboat, Peder Balke

The Northern Lights over Four Men in a Rowboat 1887

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The ArtistsPortrait of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

I didn't know Picasso but he knew me

1746 – 1828
Caspar David Friedrich, The ArtistsPortrait of Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich

The quiet tragedy of the big big world

1774 – 1840
Joseph Wright of Derby, The ArtistsPortrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

1734 – 1797
18011900

Hippolyte Bayard

Thomas Cole

Peder Balke

James Nasmyth

Honoré Daumier

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