Shipwreck on the Norwegian Coast

Shipwreck on the Norwegian Coast or Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway (Norwegian - Skibbrudd ved den norske kyst) is an 1832 marine painting by Johan Christian Dahl.[1] It is now in the National Gallery of Norway, to which it was left in 1931 by Louise and Johannes G. Heftye.

Shipwreck on the Norwegian Coast
Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway
ArtistJohan Christian Dahl
Year1832
MovementMarine painting
SubjectCoast of Norway
LocationNational Gallery of Norway, Oslo

Dahl had already painted a first version of the work in 1819, and painted several others in his career, inspired by his five long voyages along the coast of Norway. A smaller variant is in the Bergen Billedgalleri.

References

  1. "Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway - Johan Christian Dahl". Google Arts & Culture. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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