Olaf Isaachsen
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He was born in Mandal in Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder
In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...
county Norway. Isaachsen belonged to a branch of an affluent and educated merchant family from Kjos in Kristiansand
Kristiansand
-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
. He was the son of jurist Daniel Isaachsen, son of politician Isaach Isaachsen
Isaach Isaachsen
Isaach Isaachsen was a Norwegian politician.He was born in 1774 as the son of wealthy businessman Daniel Isaachsen and his first wife Christiane Hedvig Christensen. He married a Hedevig Elisabeth Hansen. He was the brother of Peder and Daniel Otto Isaachsen.His son Daniel became a jurist...
and grandson of Daniel Isaachsen (1744-1813), a Norwegian shipbuilder . He was the uncle of physicist Daniel Isaachsen
Daniel Isaachsen (physicist)
Daniel Isaachsen was a Norwegian physicist.He was born in London as the son of military officer Isak Tobias Isaachsen and Fredrikke Andrea Rude. He was a great-grandson of Isaach Isaachsen, brother of scientist Haakon Isaachsen, nephew of painter Olaf Isaachsen and cousin of painter Herman Willoch...
, scientist Haakon Isaachsen (1867–1936), painter Herman Willoch
Herman Willoch
Herman Willoch was a Norwegian painter.He was born in Lindås as the son of vicar Christian Abel Isaachsen, a grandson of Isaach Isaachsen. He was the cousin of Odd Isaachsen Willoch....
and naval officer Odd Isaachsen Willoch
Odd Isaachsen Willoch
Odd Isaachsen Willoch was a Norwegian naval officer who commanded one of the two coastal defence ships defending Narvik during the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940.-Personal life:...
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Olaf Isaachsen studied under Joachim Frich and Johannes Flintoe
Johannes Flintoe
Johannes Flintoe was a Danish painter who spend most of his career in Norway, both painting and teaching. He is known for landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history.-Biography:Flintoe was born in Copenhagen in 1787...
at the Royal School of Drawing
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry was established in 1818.In 1996 the National Academy of Craft and Art Industry became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts .-Noted alumni:-External links:*...
from 1850, in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
from 1854 to 1859, and in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
under Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture was an influential French history painter and teacher. Couture taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre.-Life:He was born at Senlis, Oise, France...
(1859-1860) and Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. The Realist movement bridged the Romantic movement , with the Barbizon School and the Impressionists...
(1861-1862). He ultimately settled in Kristiansand
Kristiansand
-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
, although with frequent periods spent abroad.
He is represented with 24 works in the National Museum in Oslo (NM), former 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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The Regional Museum in Kristiansand, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum (SKMU) has 58 works.
Personal life
Isaachsen was a knowledgeable and courteous man, a mixture of observation and locals, who spoke fluent German, Dutch, English, French and Italian. He was married in 1864 to Antonie (Toni) John Prehr (1838-1870). The couple had four children – William (1865-1942), Eivind (1866-1926); Johanna Marie (1867-1872) and Harald (1869-1942). His wife died of tuberculosis when only 32 years old. Two years later his four year old daughter Johanna Marie died of diphtheria, and he was left with three small boys. He was the paternal grandfather of Sigurd Daniel Isaachsen WillochSigurd Willoch
Sigurd Daniel Isaachsen Willoch was a Norwegian art historian and director of the National Gallery of Norway.He was born in Oslo, the grandson of painter Olaf Isaachsen. He was a second cousin of both national aviation director Erik Isaachsen Willoch and Norwegian Prime Minister 1981–1986...
, an art historian and director of the National Gallery of Norway.
Selected works
- En sjørøver, 1858
- Seks akter fra Paris, 1859
- Landskap fra Apeninnene, 1863
- Setesdalsstue, Kveste i Valle, 1866
- Slagsmål i en bondestue, 1866
- Studie av en såret mann, 1866
- Liggende setesdøl, 1866
- Ung setesdøl, 1866
- Slagsbror, 1867
- Et litterært funn, 1870–71
- Bruden pyntes, 1878
- Setesdalsloft, 1878
- Stabbursinteriør fra Ose i Setesdal, 1878
- Stuen i Holskogen, ca. 1880
- Syrinbusk i morgensol, 1881
- Tore Hund ved Olav den helliges lik, 1881
- Venemyr i Søgne Sogn Høststemning, 1885
- Efter badet, 1889
- Kristiansand etter brannen, 1892
- tre brannbilder fra Kristiansand, 1892