Bernt Lund

Bernt Lund (July 14, 1812 – October 30, 1885) was a 19th-century Norwegian landscape artist, author and military officer.[1]

For the Norwegian civil servant, diplomat and politician, see Bernt H. Lund.
View of Sarpefossen (1848)

Biography

Lund was born in Våler in Hedmark, Norway. He took military officer exam in 1837 and spent his career in the Norwegian Army advancing to Captain in 1863.[2]

He also trained as an artist. He attended art school with landscape painter Thomas Fearnley (1839-1840). He studied landscape art under the influence of Hans Gude in Düsseldorf (1844-1845). Beside painting, Lund was also active as a writer. He published a book of poetry in 1882. He especially became known as the author the poem Trysil-Knud (1861), which was used as an inspiration for the 1942 Norwegian film Trysil-Knut. His work is also featured in Christian Tønsberg's illustrated volume Norge fremstillet i Tegninger (Norway Presented in Drawings, 1846–1848).[3][4]

Personal life

In 1847, he married the painter Hedevig Lund. He died in Christiania (now Oslo).[5]

  • Fjord Landscape with Figures
  • Landscape Study from Simedal (1849)
  • From Ulvik in Hardanger (1851)
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References
  1. Tore Kirkholt. "Bernt Lund". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Bernt Lund, Offiser, Maler, Forfatter". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. Sigurd Willoch. "Bernt Lund, officer, maler, ingeniør". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  4. "Trysil-Knut (1942)". Norsk filmografi. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  5. Anne Wichstrøm. "Hedevig Lund, maler". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
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