The Brief Flame of a Norwegian Talent To look at the surviving fragments of Henrik August Helland is to witness a career cut short by biology rather than lack of vision. Born in 1827, this Norwegian painter possessed a technical foundation that spanned the major art centers of Europe, yet he died in 1855 at only twenty-eight years old. His life was a rapid movement through Berlin, Antwerp, and Paris, leaving behind a body of work that…