lifetime. Werenskiold received the Norwegian national artist's salary from 1908. He was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1890, Commander 1905, Commander of the 1st class of 1930 and the Grand Cross 1935. He was also Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog. He died at Bærum, in Akershus county, Norway. He was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo. Personal life He was married to the painter Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen (1849–1926). He was the brother-in-law of journalist Fernanda Nissen and the son–in-law of Norwegian merchant and politician Thomes Thomesen. He was the father of geologist Werner Werenskiold (1883–1961) and sculptor Dagfin Werenskiold (1892–1977). Selected works Visual art Bærrensere (1878) Et møte (1880) Gjetere (1882) En bondebegravelse (1883–85) Olivia (1891) Solstreif (1891) Lekende barn (1892) Sommeraften i Kviteseid (1893) Skysshesten (1894) Aftenlandskap fra Kviteseid (1895) Hungersnøden (1923 and 1928–29) Middagsselskapet (1928–30) En streikebryter ca. (1930) Portraits Gunnar Heiberg (1878) Amund Helland (1885) Kitty Kielland (1891) Edvard Grieg (1892 and 1902) Erika Nissen (1892) Fridtjof Nansen (1893) Frederik Collett (1894) Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1895) Henrik Ibsen (1895) Eva Nansen (1896) Sophus Lie (1902) Christian Michelsen (1906) References Other sources Østby, Leif Erik Werenskiold ( Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, 1977) External links Paintings by Erik and Dagfin Werenskiold in the O. Væring archive Erik Werenskiold drawings MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository) Illustrations created by Eirik Werenskiold for the 1899 and 1900 Norwegian editions of Heimskringla. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it. 19th-century Norwegian painters 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters 1855 births 1938 deaths Norwegian illustrators People from Eidskog People from Kongsvinger Place of death missing Commanders First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog 19th-century Norwegian male artists 20th-century Norwegian male artists