Nils Hansteen

Nils Severin Lynge Hansteen (27 April 1855 – 11 October 1912) was a Norwegian painter.

He was known principally for his landscape painting as well as his marine art, often featuring ships in a stormy seas.

[1] Nils Hansteen painted in a naturalistic style, with motifs from marine and forest environments.

[2] Nils Hansteen was born in Mo i Rana, in the county of Nordland, Norway.

In 1881, he came back to Norway, and was resident in Christiania (now Oslo) until his death, except the period 1887 to 1892 when he stayed in Copenhagen.