Knud Baade

Background

Knud Baade was born on March 28, 1808 in Skjolden, Norway. He was the son of Andreas Baade and Johanne Margrethe.

Education

Initially, Knud was trained by painter Carl Peter Lehmann. In 1827, he went to Copenhagen, where he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for about three years. In 1836, the painter moved to Dresden, where he studied for three years.

Career

In 1829, Baade worked as a portrait painter in Oslo. In 1831, he moved to the new home in Solvorn together with his family. The magnificent nature of the area impressed him so much, that he left the portrait painting and instead concentrated on landscape motifs.

In 1846, Knud moved to Munich, where he soon earned a reputation as a landscape painter, producing views of his native country and the scenes around its coasts, mostly depicted with moonlight effects. He worked at Munich until his death there in 1879.

Achievements

• Knud Baade was known for his moonlight paintings, which are characterized by strong and dramatic contrasts between light and shadow.
  
  The painter's works are kept at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.

Works

More photos

• painting

  • Skystudie

  • Maneskinn Pa Den Norske Kyst

  • Skystudie

  • Johan Tscherning

  • Storm Ved Den Norske Kyst

  • Sittende Viking I Kystlandskap

  • Hestmanden

  • Cloud Study

  • Cloud Study over Poplars

  • Kystlandskap

  • Landskap I Solnedgang

  • Study of Trees in the Alps

  • Moonlight

  • Skystudie

  • Scene from the Academy in Copenhagen

  • Cloud Study

  • Dresden I Solnedgang

  • The Island Trænen in Nordland

  • Landskap Med Bauta I Maneskinn

  • Stormnatt Von

  • Familiy Portrait. Augusta Antoinette Wergeland Vedøe. Sister of Famous Norwegian Poet Henrik Wergeland

  • Landskapsstudie

  • Fantasibilde Fra Den Norske Sagatid

  • Fjellknaus

  • Skystudie

  • Landskapsstudier

Membership

• 

  Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts , Sweden

Connections

Father:

Andreas Baade

Mother:

Johanne Margrethe

mentor:

Carl Peter Lehmann