Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth (9 November 1847 – 12 January 1919) was a Norwegian military officer and painter who specialized in

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. Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of circuit judge Daniel Nikolaj Barth (1810–1880) and his wife Marie Cathrine Koefoed (1815–1853). Barth served in the

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from 1863 until 1884; retiring as a

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. Barth studied painting under

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at the

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from 1881 to 1883. He spent part of 1889 and 1890 in

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, partly on study trips along the English coast, especially at

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. He later traveled to

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and

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in 1896 and 1897. He was in

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and

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from 1902 to 1903. In addition, he made numerous study trips along the Norwegian coast as well as to

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. Barth served as the director of the Christiania Art Society from 1889 to 1895 and again from 1898 to 1902. He served as the society's chairman from 1898 to 1901. He was a member of the

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in Oslo and chairman of the Artist Association from 1891 to 1898. He is represented by three works in the

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; ''Losbåt i høy sjø'' (1882), ''Strand ved Dover'' (1889), and ''Marine'' (1885).

Awards

* Honorable Mention at Paris Exposition – 1889 *

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

– 1895

Gallery

File:Carl Wilhelm Barth - Skip i rom sjø - IMG 9300.jpg, ''I Skip I Rom Sjø'' (undated) File:Carl Wilhelm Barth - I Havbrynet - Solgangsveir - IMG 9372.jpg, ''I Havbrynet – Solgangsveir'' (undated) File:Carl Wilhelm Barth-Seilskuter og glitrende sjø 1893.jpg, ''Seilskuter og glitrende sjø'' (1893) File:Carl Wilhelm Barth - Strand ved Ogne, Jæderen.jpg, ''Strand ved Ogne, Jæderen'' (before 1919)

References

1847 births 1919 deaths 19th-century Norwegian painters 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Military personnel from Oslo Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 20th-century Norwegian male artists Artists from Oslo {{Norway-painter-stub