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Peter Nicolai Arbo (June 18, 1831 – October 14, 1892) was a Norwegian historical painter, who specialized in painting motifs from Norwegian history and images from Norse mythology. He is most noted for ''Åsgardsreien'', a dramatic motif based on the Wild Hunt legend and ''Valkyrie'', which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peter Nicolai Arbo )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arbo )〕 ==Biography== Peter Nicolai Arbo grew up at Gulskogen Manor in Gulskogen, a borough in Drammen, Norway. He was the son of headmaster Christian Fredrik Arbo (1791–1868) and his wife Marie Christiane von Rosen. His brother Carl Oscar Eugen Arbo was a military medical doctor and a pioneer in Norwegian anthropologic studies. Arbo's childhood home, Gulskogen, was built in 1804 as a summer residence for his older cousin, lumber dealer and industrialist Peter Nicolai Arbo.〔(''Gulskogen Farm'' (Norwegian Heritage Foundation Norsk Kulturarv) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gulskogen gård )〕 Arbo started his art education with a year at the Art School operated by Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (1809–1875) in Copenhagen 1851-1852. After this, he studied at the art academy in Düsseldorf. From 1853 to 1855 he studied under of Karl Ferdinand Sohn, professor of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and from 1857-1858 under J. E. Hünthen who was a battle and animal painter. At Düsseldorf he was for some time a private student of the history painter C. Mengelberg. He had contact with Adolph Tidemand and became a good friend of Hans Gude both of whom were professors at the art academy in Düsseldorf.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peter Nicolai Arbo )〕 He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. In 1861 Arbo returned to Norway and the following year he went on a study trip together with Gude and Frederik Collett. In 1863 he painted the first version of ''Horse flock on the high mountains'', a motif he later on took up again several times. The version from 1889 is at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norwegian: ''Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design'') in Oslo and is considered one of the most important of his works.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arbo. Expert art authentication, certificates of authenticity and expert art appraisals - Art Experts )〕 In 1866 he was appointed a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the Knight of Order of Vasa. He held numerous positions, including as a juror in Stockholm in 1866 and Philadelphia in 1876, and was Commissioner of the Viennese art department exhibition in 1873. He was also a member of the National Gallery Company from 1875 and director of the Christiania Art Society from 1882 until his death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Nicolai Arbo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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