Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth
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Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth (1847 – 1919) was a Norwegian painter.
He was born in Christiania
. He studied painting under Hans Gude
from 1881 to 1883, and having worked as a naval officer until then, he specialized in marine art
. He is represented with three works in the National Gallery of Norway
.
He was the son of Jacob Bøckmann Barth
and brother of Agnar Johannes Barth
, both foresters.
He was born in Christiania
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. He studied painting under Hans Gude
Hans Gude
Hans Fredrik Gude was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters...
from 1881 to 1883, and having worked as a naval officer until then, he specialized in marine art
Marine art
Marine art or maritime art is any form of figurative art that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre particularly strong from the 17th to 19th centuries...
. He is represented with three works in the National Gallery of Norway
National Gallery of Norway
The National Gallery of Norway is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.-History:...
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He was the son of Jacob Bøckmann Barth
Jacob Bøckmann Barth
Jacob Bøckmann Barth was a Norwegian forester.He was born in Drangedal. Graduating as cand.jur. in 1846, he received a government grant in 1852 for education in forestry. He travelled around the country between 1855 to 1860, providing the grounds to establish a national forestry authority. This...
and brother of Agnar Johannes Barth
Agnar Johannes Barth
Agnar Johannes Barth was a Norwegian forester.He was born in Lillehammer as the son of Jacob Bøckmann Barth. Described as his "country's leading authority on forestry for many years", he was a professor at the Norwegian College of Agriculture from 1921, and served as rector there from 1928 to...
, both foresters.