Artist

Peder Balke

1804–1887 · born in Helgøya · died in Christiania

Peder Balke was born on an island in Norway and became a painter who started out as a house painter. He traveled to Norway's far north and painted bold, simple pictures of the sea and mountains. His work went unnoticed in his lifetime but is admired today. He died in Christiania (Oslo) in 1887.