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Map of Northern Norway
Peter Andreas Munch Norwegian
Not on view
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).
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