Ole Peter Hansen Balling

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Ole Peter Hansen Balling (13 April 1823 – 1 May 1906) was a Norwegian artist. Balling is most commonly associated with his portraits, several of which are featured in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D. C.[1][2]

Grant and his Generals (1865) by Ole Peter Hansen Balling. National Portrait Gallery

Biography[]

Born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Balling was a student of Norwegian artist Ferdinand Jonas Gjøs (1790–1852) and trained under Danish decorative painter Jacob Emilius Wunderlich (1809–1892). He was a student at art academies both at the Academy of Arts, Berlin (1843–1845) and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1846–1848) and in 1854 studied with Thomas Couture in Paris. He made his debut at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1852. [3]

Balling volunteered in the Schleswig-Holstein War and became a Danish officer in 1848. He emigrated to the United States in 1856, where he lived until 1874. He commanded the 145th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Balling painted portraits of several Union Army generals including Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Sheridan, John Sedgwick and James S. Wadsworth. Additionally he created portraits of prominent American statesmen including presidents Chester Arthur and James Garfield.[4][5]

In 1874, Balling returned to Norway to operate a painter workshop in Horten, at the time the site of Karljohansvern, the main base for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Here he painted portraits of several Norwegian naval officers. Additionally he completed portraits of members of the Royal Bernadotte family including Kings Charles XIV John of Sweden, Oscar I of Sweden, Charles XV of Sweden and Oscar II of Sweden.[6][7] [8][9]

Between 1881 and 1890, Balling lived and worked in Mexico City. After returning to Norway in 1890, he became Mexican consul in Kristiania. His last visit to New York City was in 1895–96. He died on 1 May 1906 in Kristiania.[9]

Balling is also represented in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C,, West Point Military Academy in New York and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten and the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.[9]

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References[]

  1. ^ Ole Peter Hansen Balling National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  2. ^ "Ole Peter Hansen Balling". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Champlin, John Denison, ed. (1886). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. 2. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. p. 208. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. ^ Ole Peter Hansen Balling (Ulysses S. Grant Homepage)
  5. ^ Ole Peter Hansen Balling Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon
  6. ^ Ole Peder Hansen Balling Borreminne Årsskrift for Borre Historielag
  7. ^ Ole Peter Hansen Balling Store norske leksikon
  8. ^ Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Maler Norsk biografisk leksikon
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ole Peter Hansen Balling". Norsk Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

Other sources[]

  • Carr, Carolyn Kinder; Ellen G. Miles (2001) A Brush with History : Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) ISBN 978-1584650805
  • Holzer, Harold; Mark E. Neely Jr, (2000) The Union Image: Popular Prints of the Civil War North (The University of North Carolina Press.) ISBN 978-0807825105
  • Lewis, R. W. B. ; Nancy Lewis (2001) American Characters: Selections from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale University Press, 1999) ISBN 978-0300078954

Related Reading[]

  • Bricka, Carl Frederik (2001) Dansk biografisk lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537 – 1814: Bind 7 (Adamant Media Corporation) ISBN 978-0543730701 (In Danish)

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