Harald Oskar Sohlberg
(b Christiania [Kristiania from 1877; now Oslo],
29 Nov 1869; d Oslo, 19 June 1935)
was a Norwegian Neo-romantic painter, particularly known for his depictions
of the mountains of Rondane and the town of R�ros. Perhaps his most
well-recognized painting is his 'Winter's Night in Rondane' from 1913-14.
Sohlberg decided to be a painter when young, but his
father wished him to follow a thorough training as a craftsman. Sohlberg
therefore enrolled at the Royal School of Drawing in Kristiania in 1885
under the interior designer Wilhelm Krogh (1829�1913) and stayed at
the school until 1890. Subsequently, he attended night classes under the
graphic artist and painter Johan Nordhagen (1856�1956) both in the
autumn of 1906 and also from 1911 to 1917, when he concentrated on
printmaking. Sohlberg painted his first pictures while staying in the
Valdr�s region to the north-west of Kristiania in summer 1889. The
following summer he painted with Sven J�rgensen (1861�1940) at Slagen
near �sg�rdstrand, and in autumn 1891 he was a pupil of Erik
Werenskiold and Eilif Peterssen in Kristiania. For some months during the
winter of 1891�2 Sohlberg attended Kristian Zahrtmann�s art school
in Copenhagen. He also studied for four months in 1894 under Harriet
Backer and Eilif Peterssen.