Art guide:
Alfred Heaton Cooper - The English Church
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
Alfred Heaton Cooper - Fjord landscape w/ boat
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
56. Alfred Heaton Cooper - Fjord Landscape
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
58. Alfred Heaton Cooper - From Scotland
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
Alfred Heaton Cooper - From Esefjorden
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
Alfred Heaton Cooper- Forest motif
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
Alfred Heaton Cooper - Forest motif w/ river
(1863–1929)
Cooper was born in Svinton, Lancashire. He studied at the Westminster School of Art. Cooper first came to Norway in 1891, and we find his name in Kvikne's guest books on November 15th of that year. Cooper became a true Norwegian, and built "Cooperhuset" here in Balestrand. The house is in the dragon style, and can be found behind the expedition on the quay. Cooper married Mathilde Marie Valentinsen from Balestrand, and they had three children. His son William took up painting after his father, and was very fond of Balestrand. William had a son Julian, who is also a painter.
Lars Printz - House by the fjord
(1889 - 1968)
Printz was born in Nes in Romerike. He studied in Kristiania under, among others, Christian Krogh and Halfdan Strøm. He lived in Balestrand for quite a long time, and was well liked by the villagers.
There are many pictures of Printz here in Balestrand.
65. Ferdinand Kjerulf Tranaas - Portrait of a Woman
T. grew up in Førde, lived most of his life in Stryn, Nordfjord, and spent his last years in Lillehammer. He was a multifaceted talent, was considered a promising painter as a young man, and wrote three books in the years 1900-10.
During his stay in Copenhagen, he gave a number of lectures in student societies and artist associations. T. painted several dramatic figure compositions (Too Late, 1905, and Jernbyrden, before 1920), and a number of landscape motifs from Nord- and Sunnfjord, where he alternated between a distinctive romantic mysticism and quiet and sensitively perceived nature studies. (Source: Norwegian Artists' Encyclopedia)
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.
Per Egil Schwab - From Horpedalen
(1911 - 1970)
Schwab was born in Sweden and spent a lot of time in Balestrand during and after the last world war. It is likely that Schwab will be best remembered as a theatre painter.
Aase Kvikne Bjordal - Slaktarbui
(1921 - 2009)
Bjordal was born and raised in Balestrand, and is the daughter of Sigurd and Marta Kvikne, who owned Kvikne's Hotel. She is educated at the State School of Crafts and Arts in Oslo, the Vestlandske kunstakade in Bergen and the Bergen kunstakadeskule. Bjordal finds her motifs in the old rural environment. Techniques such as cold needle, aquatint, etching and serigraphy are well suited to these motifs. She has done many decorative assignments, and has had many exhibitions.