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Lars Hertervig

Lars Hertervig is one of Norway's formost landscape painters from the 19th century, and one of the painters that have greatly inspired my own landscapes. His dramatic use of light and drama in his earlier landscapes is something I try to incorporate into my own images. Lars Hertervig was born on 16 February 1830 at Borgøy, in the municipality Tysvær in Norway. He grew up in a poor Quaker family who was members of "Venners Samfunn" (The Community of Friends) in Stavanger. In the start of Lars Hertervig's life, the family lived at the small family farm at Hattarvågen, Borgøya, but the around 1839 the family sold the farm and relocated to Stavanger.

Around 1852 began Lars Hertervig his studies of painting at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf as the private pupil of the norwegian landscape painter Hans Gude, and later under tutelage of Erik Bodom.

In april of 1854 Hertervig returned to Norway and was then diagnosed with melancholia (extreme depression) by a physician in Stavanger, and was later committed to Gaustad sykehus (Gaustad Hospital). At Gaustad Hertervig was then diagnosed with dementia (dementia precox) that was at the time regarded as incurable condition (this condition is often attributed to be a form of schizophrenia). Hertervig was released from Gaustad in 1858 and returned to Stavanger were he now was dependant of Fattigkassen (a precursor to the social welfare state), and largely forgotten by the establishment. Despite his hardship upon his return to Stavanger, Hertervig remained innovating in his art up until his death in 1902. Often regarded in later years as a proto-modernist (a precursor to the modernist movement).

Lars Hertervig died on 6 January 1902.

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Håtangen, Hå, Rogaland, Norway

Håtangen

Pebbelbeach at Obrestad, Hå, Rogaland, Norway. I just love this little location along the coast of Jæren (Rogaland, Norway). The scene with the automated lighthouse and the boathouses with the sheltered pool in front is just a place I like to return to shoot again and again. Håtangen is also a location used for birdwatch. This image is available as either a fine art print or a alumini (mounted) print. https://studiotoffa.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Colour-Prints/G0000ZDPOCnLvkp4/I0000d.ri8VKvaVQ/C0000YLm87sEm9qU

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Nikon D800, Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D @ 28mm

2 sec @ f/16 ISO 100

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The Blog

So the blog is up on my homepage again, and I need your help to determin the road ahead. Will it be in english or will it be in norwegian. Both options are now open, but by the end of the summer one is gonna come out on top and will be language that this blog will be presented in.

The blog will be focused on photography, nature, landscape, trips and topics that relate to my current path of photography. The old music/consert focus will no longer dominate, and will only sparsely be mentioned.

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