Andreas Bloch Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Andreas Bloch
A Life Rooted in Norway Andreas Bloch entered the world on 29 July 1860, born into the quiet surroundings of the Hellerud farm in Skedsmo, within Akershus county, Norway. He was the son of Jens Peter Blankenborg Bloch and Anne Julie Margrethe Schroeter. His early years were shaped by this Norwegian landscape, a setting that would later find its way into his sketches and historical interests. In 1878, he began formal training at the art
school of Knud Bergslien, spending a year refining his initial skills before seeking broader horizons. His pursuit of knowledge led him away from home to the Art Academy of Düsseldorf, where he studied under Johann Peter Theodor Janssen between 1880 and 1881. This period of academic rigor was supplemented by travels through Belgium, Paris, and Leipzig, allowing him to absorb the varied artistic currents of Europe. In 1890, he married…