Andreas Edvard Disen (4 August 1845,

Modum Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area has a long tr ...

- 18 February 1923, Modum) was a Norwegian painter; primarily known for mountain landscapes from

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and

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Biography

He received his artistic education from

Johan Fredrik Eckersberg Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (16 June 1822 – 13 July 1870) was a Norwegian painter most noted for his landscapes. Eckersberg was a prominent figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in 19th-century Norwegian art, both as an artistic ...

, with whom he worked from 1863 to 1869. At the same time, he studied with the sculptor, Julius Middelthun, at the

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. One day, while working alone at Eckersberg's art school, he received a surprise visit from King Charles IV, who was quite knowledgeable about art. He gave the King a tour, which ended with the purchase of a painting he had just completed and the promise of a 100 Daler annual scholarship.Brief biography
@ Terra Buskerud-Historiebok. He used this money to attend the

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, where he studied under

Hans Fredrik Gude Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Ro ...

from 1871 to 1876; serving as his assistant during the last three years.Andreas Edvard Disen
''Norsk Kunstlerleksikon'' After that, he returned to Norway and remained there until his death, although he often spent his summers working in Switzerland. At one point, he became involved in a controversy surrounding the influential " Christiania Kunstforening", an art society that had a great deal of power in determining what sort of paintings were bought and what was paid for them. The primary complaint, voiced by

Christian Krohg Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and ...

, Erik Werenskiold and

Frits Thaulow Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape. Biography Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in Christiania, the son of a wealthy chemist, Hara ...

, is that the society was led by lawyers, officers and civil servants rather than artists. They also felt that Disen was being paid too much for what, in their opinion, were inferior paintings, while better artists were receiving too little or being rejected altogether. He was held up as a prime example of their complaint when they called for a

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of the society. The boycott lasted from 1881 to 1882 and ended with the establishment of a new organization; the Autumn Exhibition (''

Høstutstillingen Høstutstillingen or Statens kunstutstilling ( English: ''The Autumn Exhibition'' or ''National Art Exhibition'') is an annual art exhibition in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition is Norway's largest marking of contemporary art and takes place each a ...

''). In 1889 Andreas Edvard Disen left Kristiania and returned to Vikersund in Modum. He married a cousin shortly thereafter. Despite his prior humiliation, Disen accepted an invitation to participate in the autumn exhibition and did so seven times from 1882 to 1904. Disen is represented in the

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in Oslo,

Trondheim Art Museum The Trondheim Art Museum ( no, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, previously ''Trøndelag Kunstgalleri'') is an art museum located in Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The museum shows temporary exhibitions of international and regional art in dia ...

and the Drammen Museum.

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ArtNet: More works by Disen.
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