Feige Waterfall (Feigefossen), Lysterfjord, Norway
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
42 × 58 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund
Accession Number
2019.76
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Johan Christian Dahl painted this dramatic view of the Feige Waterfall at Lysterfjord, one of the most spectacular natural wonders in his homeland, at time a when Norwegians were trying to foster awareness of their identity as a distinct national culture. Dahl’s views of Norway played a crucial role in establishing his reputation as the leading Norwegian artist of the period and one of most important landscape painters of the Romantic era.