Art guide:
Einar Enblom - Slaktarbui
(1900-1936)
Enblom was Swedish, and was born in Stockholm. Despite his Swedish origin, it is correct to call Enblom "Balholm painter". We know that Enblom stayed in Balestrand for long periods. He was, among other things, a good friend of Sigurd Kvikne, and was called Uncle Einar by the Kvikne family.
He was in Balestrand in the summer, and in Switzerland in the winter. Enblom died in Switzerland at only 36 years old.
Johan Fahlstrøm - Sigurd Kvikne, DE
(1867-1938)
Fahlstrøm grew up in Trondheim. He made his debut at the Christiania Theater in 1887 as A Citizen in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Alma Bosse, who would later become his wife, had been commissioned by the director, Bjørn Bjørnson, to "smooth out" Johan's distinctive Trøndelag dialect. It took time: Both these and other characteristics made him a somewhat comical figure in the eyes of the audience in the early years, until he broke through in 1890 as Krogstad in A Doll's House. From then on, the roles grew from season to season: Builder Solness, Erasmus Montanus, The Timeless, Pastor Sang. Classical repertoire and contemporary drama – both were close to him. In 1938 he died in Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane.
Einar Enblom - From Tjugum
(1900-1936)
Enblom was Swedish, and was born in Stockholm. Despite his Swedish origin, it is correct to call Enblom "Balholm painter". We know that Enblom stayed in Balestrand for long periods. He was, among other things, a good friend of Sigurd Kvikne, and was called Uncle Einar by the Kvikne family.
He was in Balestrand in the summer, and in Switzerland in the winter. Enblom died in Switzerland at only 36 years old.
Nobleman Normann - Kvikne's Hotel
(1848 - 1918)
Eilert Adelsteen Normann (1 May 1848–26 December 1918) was a Norwegian painter. He was educated in Düsseldorf, Germany, and settled there. During the summer he traveled around Northern Norway and made sketches. He specialized in romantic fjord landscapes, often with a small steamboat or sailboat on a mirror-like sea. Normann was the first from Northern Norway to establish himself as a painter.
Normann was the son of a farmer and merchant on Vågøya in Bodin. After working as a journeyman for merchant Koch in Bodø, he traveled to Bergen and later Copenhagen to learn the trade. During his studies in Copenhagen, his interest in art took over.
From 1869 to 1873 he studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, where he was greatly influenced by the tradition of his compatriot Hans Gude. He thus became a typical late Düsseldorfer. Normann also found a spouse and permanent address in the Rhine city, at a time when other Norwegian painters were seeking Paris.
With his background from Nordland, Normann specialized in Norwegian fjord landscapes. He found motifs especially in Lofoten and Northern Norway, as well as around the Sognefjord. On his study trips in Norway, he made sketches that he used to compose large-format landscape paintings.
His fjord motifs are often characterized by steep mountains above sunny fjords and sea. Light played a major role in Normann's paintings, he was one of the first Norwegian painters to use the midnight sun as a motif. He is said to be the originator of the term "land of the midnight sun". His paintings became very popular with the German art public.
