![Hans Gude - By the Mill Pond [1850]](http://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8019/29226259910_a9b09232ee_b.jpg)
Hans Gude (Christiania, March 13, 1825 - Berlin, August 17, 1903) was a Norwegian romanticist painter. Gude's artistic career was not one marked with drastic change and revolution, but was instead a steady progression that slowly reacted to general trends in the artistic world. Gude's early works are of idyllic, sun-drenched Norwegian landscapes which present a romantic, yet still realistic view of his country.
[Norwegian National Gallery, Oslo - Oil on paper pasted on cardboard, 47 x 34 cm]