Karl Uchermann (31 January 1855 – 15 October 1940) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is best known for his portraits of animals, in particular dogs. He also painted altarpieces, and is credited for designing the world's first franking machine in 1901.

Personal life

Uchermann was born in Borge,

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, to parish priest Arnt Uchermann and Anna Stang, and married Bolette Hermana Schnitler in 1892. He was a nephew of prime minister of Norway Frederik Stang, a cousin of prime minister Emil Stang and physician

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, a son-in-law of war historian Didrik Thomas Johannes Schnitler, and brother-in-law of war historian Gudmund Schnitler. He died in

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in 1940.

Career

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Uchermann studied at the

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from 1872 to 1875, with

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in Bergen from 1875 to 1876, at the Academy of Fine Arts in

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from 1876 to 1878, and with

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from 1878 to 1881. Uchermann is known for his paintings of animals, in particular dogs. Among his paintings are ''Flamsk hundeforspann'' from 1880, ''Fienden kommer'' from 1895, and ''I solveggen'' from 1899, all located at the

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. ''Hvile paa Jagten'' from 1880 is located at the

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. ''Julenek med fugler'' from 1882 is located at the Royal Palace, Oslo. He also painted

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s, and illustrated children's books and magazines. He designed the world's first practical

franking Franking comprises all devices, markings, or combinations thereof ("franks") applied to mails of any class which qualifies them to be postally serviced. Types of franks include uncanceled and precanceled postage stamps (both adhesive and printed o ...

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in 1901, which was further developed and manufactured in cooperation with Nils Krag. He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1935.

Selected books with illustrations by Uchermann

*''Vers og Billeder'' (1885, jointly with F. Gjertsen) *''Norsk Lyrik efter 1814'' (1891) *

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: ''Læsebog for folkeskolen'' (1892–1895) *K. Gløersen: ''Fra jagten og naturen'' (1892) * Carl Willoch Ludvig Horn: ''Lærebog i geografi for middelskolen'' (1893) *O. D. Adeler: ''Den norske Robinson'' (1894) *

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: ''Norsk Høifjeld'' (1898) *

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: ''Dyreliv. Digte for barn'' (1915)

Gallery

References

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