Peder Balke: career timeline

Norwegian · 1804–1887 · Few works by Peder Balke have a recorded creation date (6 of 36), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Peder Balke: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade sold	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1990s	1	1	$48.8kSign up	Oil
2000s	21	21	$6.1kSign up	Oil
2010s	10	10	$36.2kSign up	Oil
2020s	4	4	$35.7kSign up	Oil

Sold in the 1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $48.8kSign up
Average: $48.8kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 1999 Hav og tåke$48.8kSign up

Sold in the 2000s 21 works

Sold: 21 of 21
Median: $6.1kSign up
Average: $12.1kSign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 5 in (12 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Oil (21)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2)

sold 2000 Foss$4.9kSign up
sold 2000 Opprørt sjø$4.2kSign up
1874 Fra Høland$5.2kSign up
sold 2000 Marine$18.4kSign up
sold 2000 Fugleøen, Nordland$16.3kSign up
sold 2000 Marine$5.9kSign up
sold 2000 Seilbåter i opprørt sjø$3.1kSign up
sold 2000 Seilskuter$2.2kSign up
sold 2001 Gaustatoppen$4.8kSign up
sold 2002 Seilbåt i måneskinn$3.6kSign up
sold 2003 Fjellandskap$36.4kSign up
sold 2004 Utsyn over Christiania sett fra Ekeberg, måneskinn$65.7kSign up

Show 9 more (2000s)

sold 2004 Seilbåt i opprørt sjø$6.1kSign up
sold 2004 Seilere$6.9kSign up
sold 2004 Seilbåt$2.5kSign up
1851 Fra Hammerfest$16.4kSign up
sold 2006 Landskap$11.1kSign up
sold 2006 Fjelllandskap$7.3kSign up
sold 2006 Seilbåt på opprørt hav$5.7kSign up
1840 Landskap med sag og fossestryk$16.6kSign up
sold 2007 Seilbåt i kystlandskap$11.9kSign up

Sold in the 2010s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $36.2kSign up
Average: $43kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2012 Vardøhus festning$57.9kSign up
sold 2015 Fållnäs i Södermanland$6.4kSign up
1858 Gaustadtoppen$32.7kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2015 Utsyn mot København$15.1kSign up
sold 2017 Båter i måneskinn$28.9kSign up
sold 2017 Båter i høy sjø$39.7kSign up
sold 2017 Skipbrudd, Nordkapp$39.7kSign up
sold 2017 Nordlys$26.5kSign up
c. 1852 View of Fredriksten Fortress in Moonlight“. (Fredrikshald im Mondschein)$140kSign up
sold 2018 Kystmotiv i måneskinn$43.3kSign up

Sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $35.7kSign up
Average: $83.5kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 9 in (29 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1840 Cliffs by the Coast of Northern Norway. Mitte der 1840er-Jahre$33.2kSign up
sold 2022 Fra Nordkapp$251kSign up
sold 2023 Nordkapp$38.2kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2024 Elvelandskap$11.7kSign up

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 Peder Balke auction results →