Johan Christian Clausen Dahl (Stabkirche from Vang)1842
Oil on paper (Invitation card of the Dresdner "Flora") on glass; unframed
7 x 11.5 cmReverse invitation card: Invitation to the Monthly Assembly / Flora / for / Professor Dahl/ Local: / in the Zwinger Salon. / Time: / Thursday 2. July / precise 5 o'clock.Private property, Vienna
compare: Marie Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, 1788-1857. Life and Works, Catalogue Raisonné, Oslo 1987, Vol. II, p. 293, WV-No. 965-967, Vol. III, Taf. 412-413 (SW-Fig.)
Dahl's education began in 1803 in his hometown of Bergen, where he completed an apprenticeship as a decorating painter. From 1811 he attended the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen under Christian August Lorentzen. After graduating in 1818, Dahl moved to Dresden, where he lived in the same house as Caspar David Friedrich, who was to become his close friend. Dahl joined the Dresden Academy of Art, where he also received a professorship in 1824. The artist lived in Dresden all his life, but returned several times to Norway, where he worked for the preservation of the art and monuments and was instrumental in the founding of the National Gallery.
The church depicted in the present small painting is not only a special example of medieval stave churches in Norway, it is also close to the Biography of Johan Clausen Dahl. Built in the 12th century. It was located in the small village of Vang in the south of Norway, directly on Lake Vang. In 1839, the church was opened for demolition in favour of a new building. In order to save the important monument, Dahl bought the church and planned to rebuild it in Oslo's city park. When this plan failed, Dahl arranged the purchase of the church by the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm IV., on whose behalf Dahl's pupil Franz Wilhelm Schiertz disassembled the building and the parts were taken to Berlin. After plans for a reconstruction failed on the Berlin Peacock Island, the church was finally rebuilt and opened in 1844 at the suggestion of Countess Friederike of speeches in Krummhübel in Silesia (today Karpacz, Poland).
The church was impressively illuminated by the sun and captivated by dark mountains and clouds, Dahl shows "his" church in this work, which with 1842 ==References== The artist describes the place from his memory, but at that time the church had already been disassembled and transported to Prussia. He painted this gem on an invitation card of the Dresden "Flora" (Saxon Society for Botany and Horticulture) based in the Dresden Zwinger. Dahl was a member of this association and regularly used the cards addressed to him as a reason for painting. The views on it are characterized by spontaneity and extremely atmospheric mood. The artist, on the other hand, often served as a small-format attention to these attractive landscapes, which he gave to friends and acquaintances. (MLS) (invitation card from the "Flora" in Dresden) on glass; unframed
7 x 11,5 cm
signed and dated in the lower center: Dahl / 1842
invitation card on the reverse: Invitation to the Monthly Assembly / of / Flora / for / Professor Dahl / Local: / in the Zwinger Salon. / Time: / Thursday 2. July / precise 5 o'clock. Private property, Vienna
compare: Marie Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl, 1788-1857. Life and Works, Catalogue Raisonné, Oslo 1987, vol. II, p. 293, cat.-no. 965-967, vol. III, pl. 412-413 (b./w.-illus.)

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