Map of Southern Norway
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In 1828 Balke took his first extended walking tour, in the southern Telemark region, which stimulated his “profound interest in Norway’s wonderful natural life, and the astonishing beauty it reveals in all directions.” The artist continued to explore Norway into the 1840s, devoting himself almost exclusively to paintings of its landscape and coast. His career coincided with the period when the young nation, founded in 1814, sought to take stock of itself and fashion a distinct identity.
Published toward the end of Balke’s peregrinations, these portable folding maps are among the first to denote overland routes, documenting the expansion of travel. Their author, P. A. Munch, was a scholar of the natural and cultural history of Norway (and the uncle of the painter Edvard Munch).
Published toward the end of Balke’s peregrinations, these portable folding maps are among the first to denote overland routes, documenting the expansion of travel. Their author, P. A. Munch, was a scholar of the natural and cultural history of Norway (and the uncle of the painter Edvard Munch).
Artwork Details
- Title: Map of Southern Norway
- Artist: Peter Andreas Munch (Norwegian, Oslo (Christiania) 1810–1863 Rome)
- Date: 1845–49
- Medium: Lithograph with hand-coloring on two joined sheets of paper, cut and backed by canvas
- Dimensions: 48 1/16 × 29 1/8 in. (122 × 74 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Inger G. and William Ginsberg
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings