{{Short description|Norwegian artist (1860–1917)}} {{Use dmy dates |date=September 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Andreas Bloch | image = Portrett av Andreas Bloch (1860-1917) (9390376189) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Bloch (1884) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|7|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Skedsmo, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|5|11|1860|7|29|df=y}} | death_place = Kristiania | other_names = | parents = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Painter, illustrator and costume designer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = }} '''Andreas Bloch''' (29 July 1860 – 11 May 1917) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer.<ref name=nkl>{{cite web|url=https://nkl.snl.no/Andreas_Schelven_Schroeter_Bloch|title= Andreas Schelven Schroeter Bloch |website= Norsk Kunstnerleksikon|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Norges Grundlov 1814 Frihed Lighed Broderskab, 1914.jpg|thumb|right|180 px|Romantic nationalist postcard, text ''Frihed, Lig(hed), Broderskab, Norge(s) Grundlov 1814''. ("Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Constitution of Norway 1814")<br>Andreas Bloch (1905)]]
==Biography== Andreas Schroeter Schelver Bloch was born on the Hellerud farm in Skedsmo, in Akershus county, Norway, as the son of Jens Peter Blankenborg Bloch (1817–1892) and Anne Julie Margrethe Schroeter (1827–1895).<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Andreas Bloch |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Glenny |last=Alfsen |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Andreas_Bloch/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=14 June 2010 }}</ref>
Andreas Bloch was a student at the art school of Knud Bergslien from 1878 until 1879. He studied at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf (''Kunstakademie Düsseldorf'') under Johann Peter Theodor Janssen from 1880 until 1881, and made study tours to Belgium, Paris and Leipzig.<ref name=nbl/>
[[File:Andreas Bloch caricature 1908.png|thumb|left|180 px|Caricature from {{Lang|no|Korsaren}}.<br>Andreas Bloch (1908)]] Bloch is remembered primarily for his drawings. He delivered illustrations to the satirical magazines ''Vikingen'', ''Krydseren'' and {{Lang|no|Korsaren}}, illustrated numerous books, and designed costumes for Christiania Theater and Nationaltheatret.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Andreas Bloch |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Andreas_Bloch |language=Norwegian | accessdate=14 June 2010}}</ref> He designed posters and theatrical costumes, as well as portraits. He designed the Coat of arms of Lillehammer.<ref name="nkl"/> He also designed the Holmenkollen Medal,<ref name=":2">{{Citation |last1=Bryhn |first1=Rolf |title=Holmenkollmedaljen |date=2023-08-23 |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Holmenkollmedaljen |access-date=2024-03-13 |language=no |last2=Sundby |first2=Jørn}}</ref> an honorary skiing award issued by the Skiforeningen in Norway since 1895.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2007-08-24 |title=Holmenkollmedaljen til kongeparet |url=http://www.holmenkollen-worldcup.no/index.aspx?Article=92639 |access-date=2024-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824144518/http://www.holmenkollen-worldcup.no/index.aspx?Article=92639 |archive-date=24 August 2007 }}</ref>
Bloch illustrated books by several Norwegian authors including works by children's author, Margrethe Aabel Munthe (''Aase fiskerpike'', 1912), by educator, Nordahl Rolfsen, (''Vore fædres liv'', 1898), by adventurer Henrik August Angell (''Vor sidste Krig 1807–1814'', 1905) and author Jacob Breda Bull (''Af Norges Frihedssaga'', 1899 ). He delivered illustrations to Fridtjof Nansen's expedition books ''Paa ski over Grønland'' (on his Greenland expedition) and ''Fram over Polhavet'' (Nansen's Fram expedition).<ref name=nbl/>
He also painted some historical subjects including the coronation of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud (''Kong Haakon og Dronning Mauds kroning i Nidarosdomen, 1906'') in Nidaros Cathedral. His works are represented in both the National Gallery and in Oslo City Museum.<ref name=nbl/>
==Personal life== He was married in 1890 to Ingeborg Elise Tellefsen (1869-1918). He died in Kristiania in 1917. Bloch was buried at Skedsmo Church.<ref name="nkl"/>
==Drawings by Andreas Bloch== <gallery> File:Jacob Breda Bull by Bloch.jpg|Jacob Breda Bull<br> (1905) File:Bloch Andreas 1886 Aasen.gif|Ivar Aasen <br>(1886) File:Kronprins olav 1906 av a bloch.jpg|Crown Prince Olav <br>(1906) File:Emanuel Mohn.png|Emanuel Mohn <br>(1891) </gallery>
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