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Henrik Lund
Early Life, Family and Training Henrik Lund was born in Bergen, Norway, on 8 September 1879. He entered a family defined by disciplined artistic and military structures. His father, Lt.-Col. Henrik Louis Bull Lund, held a high-ranking military position, while his mother, Birgitte Theodora Carlsen, was a pianist and composer. This domestic environment of formal training was shared with his sister, the composer Signe Lund. While his earl
y years were spent largely at sea, a path toward the visual arts emerged after he moved to Kristiania. He was influenced by the student Per Deberitz, whose connection to Hans Gude redirected his trajectory away from a potential naval career and toward the life of a painter and graphic artist. His formal instruction was direct and rigorous. In 1899, Lund became a pupil of Harriet Backer, a period that coincided with his professional de…