Focus on Stetind in Fog and discuss the Genesis.
Peder Balke got the inspiration for the painting during his first extended trip in 1832 to seek out North Norwegian nature. The dramatic landscape along the northern Norwegian coast impressed him and he returned to Stetind as a motif on several occasions later in life. Similar motifs are also in the 26 sketches that he sold to King Louis Philippe of France, which are now in the Louvre in Paris.Stetind is situated on the Stefjorden, at the headwaters of the Tysfjorden. In a Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation poll it was chosen as Norway's national mountain.
Louis Philippe of France Tysfjorden Louvre Stefjorden Peder Balke Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation