Erik Werenskiold: career timeline

Norwegian · 1855–1938 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 66 lots (47% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Erik Werenskiold: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1870s	1	1	$27kSign up	Oil
1880s	3	3	$98kSign up	Oil
1890s	4	4	$12.2kSign up	Oil
1900s	8	8	$1.3kSign up	Oil
1910s	7	7	$997Sign up	Etching
1920s	5	5	$8.1kSign up	Oil
1930s	2	2	$6kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1870s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $27kSign up
Average: $27kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 5.5 in (20 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1879 Gutt som fisker$27kSign up

1880s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $98kSign up
Average: $172kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 16 in (46 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1890s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $12.2kSign up
Average: $141kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18.5 in (47 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1900s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 14.5 in (32 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Etching (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1903 Veikryss$2.9kSign up
1907 Store Solbergbakken$5.8kSign up
1907 Studie til Liti Kjersti i Nansens spisestue$1.3kSign up
1907 Fabrikkbygninger på Lysaker$5.8kSign up
1909 To gutter$423Sign up
1909 Fire pratende jenter$423Sign up
1909 Mann og kvinne, akt$1.3kSign up
1909 Fjordlandskap$429Sign up

1910s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $997Sign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 14.5 in (31 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1910 Fiskende gutter$997Sign up
1911 Troll$2.4kSign up
1912 To gutter på ski$750Sign up
1912 To skiløpere$3.7kSign up
1915 Fra Lysakerfjorden$11.1kSign up
1918 Par$767Sign up
1919 Landskap i Bærum, Kolsåstoppen og Skaugumåsen$202Sign up

1920s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $8.1kSign up
Average: $7.9kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 31.5 in (80 × 80 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

1926 Høyfjell, høst Haugastøl$8.1kSign up
1928 Utsikt mot Skaugumåsen$11kSign up
1928 Hest med tømmerlass$829Sign up
1929 Blondinen$4kSign up
1929 Fru Heimbeck (studie til middagsselskapet)$15.3kSign up

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $6kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 29.5 in (72 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1930 Askeladden slår i hjel trollet$803Sign up
1932 Høylasset$11.3kSign up · sold 2×

Creation date not recorded

34 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 1990s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 21.5 × 15 in (55 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 1995 GårdskarUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2000s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $396Sign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 13.5 in (29 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Etching (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2001 Seilbåter ved Lysaker$248Sign up
sold 2004 Portrett av Ragnar Østberg$327Sign up
sold 2004 Studier til Snorre$1.1kSign up
sold 2004 Portrett av maleren Thorvald Erichsen$409Sign up
sold 2005 Askeladden slår ihjel trollet$302Sign up
sold 2005 Pike med lite barn på armen$460Sign up

Show 4 more (2000s)

sold 2005 Landskap$383Sign up
sold 2006 Fjellgård$324Sign up
sold 2006 Henrik Wergeland på Veslebrunen$1.4kSign up
sold 2008 Vågen i Bergen fra Klosteret$7.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 16 works

Sold: 16 of 16
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $5.9kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 11 in (22 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Other (9), Drawing (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Sledefart$3.2kSign up
sold 2011 Landskap i Bærum, Kolsåstoppen og Skaugumåsen 19$348Sign up
sold 2011 Blått vann$31.5kSign up
sold 2012 Trehodet troll og Slagbjørn$6.6kSign up
sold 2013 Naken kvinne og menn som troll$3.8kSign up
sold 2013 Fortrolighet$980Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2014 Utkast til Liti Kjersti i Nansens spisestue$1.4kSign up
sold 2014 Forarbeid til illustrasjon i Herreper$1.8kSign up
sold 2014 Den sovende prinsesse$1.7kSign up
sold 2016 Portrett av Fridtjof Nansen$2.3kSign up
sold 2017 Henrik Wergeland på Veslebrunen$590Sign up
sold 2017 Werner med seilbåt$35.4kSign up

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $533Sign up
Average: $13.8kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12.5 in (31 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Etching (4), Lithograph (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Liggende geiter$148Sign up
sold 2021 Trollkjerring og tre prinsesser$505Sign up
sold 2021 Gutt setter på seg skiene$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Jente og gutt som leier hverandre$302Sign up
sold 2022 Far og sønn$533Sign up
sold 2023 Eventyrtegning$942Sign up

Show 1 more (2020s)

sold 2025 Du og jeg*$92.8kSign up · sold 2×

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Erik Werenskiold auction results →