View of Sarpefossen (1848)

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

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] However, he later resigned to dedicate himself to engineering.[3]

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). Besides 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).[4][5]

From 1853 to 1878, Lund was employed by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.[3]

Personal life

In 1847, he married the painter Hedevig Erichsen. He died in Christiania (now Oslo).[6]

References

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  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. 1 2 "1375-1376 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 16. Lee - Luvua)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 1912. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  4. ↑ Sigurd Willoch. "Bernt Lund, officer, maler, ingeniør". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Trysil-Knut (1942)". Norsk filmografi. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ Anne Wichstrøm. "Hedevig Lund, maler". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
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