Frits Thaulow

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Frits Thaulow
Born(1847-10-20)20 October 1847
Died5 November 1906(1906-11-05) (aged 59)
NationalityNorwegian
Known forLandscape painting
MovementImpressionism
AwardsOrder of Saint Olav (Commander)
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Legion of Honour (Officer)
Nichan Iftikhar

Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.[1]

Biography

Frits Thaulow, ca 1900. Photograph by Anders Beer Wilse.

Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in

Harald Conrad Thaulow (1815–1881), and Nicoline ("Nina") Louise Munch (1821–1894). Thaulow was educated at the Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1870–1872, and from 1873 until 1875 he studied with Hans Gude at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe.[2][3][4]

Thaulow was one of the earliest artists to paint in Skagen in the north of Jutland, soon to become famous for its Skagen Painters. He arrived there in 1879 with his friend Christian Krohg, who persuaded him to spend the summer and autumn there. They arrived from Norway in Thaulow's little boat. Thaulow, who had specialized in marine painting, turned to Skagen's favorite subjects, the fishermen and the boats on the shore.[5]

After his stay in Skagen, Thaulow returned to Norway in 1880. He became one of the leading young figures in the Norwegian art scene, together with Christian Krohg and Erik Werenskiold, and he helped establish the first National Art Exhibit (also known as Høstutstillingen or Autumn Exhibit) in 1882. Many of Thaulow's best-known Norwegian scenes are from Åsgårdstrand, which had become an important center for artists and painters dating from the 1880s.[6]

Thaulow moved to France in 1892, living there until his death in 1906. He soon discovered that the cityscapes of

Quimperle in Brittany (1901) and Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in the Corrèze
département (1903). One of his most famous works made after he moved to France was A village street in France. [7] In Dieppe Thaulow and his wife Alexandra made themselves popular: they were friends with artist Charles Conder, and they met Aubrey Beardsley.[8]

Thaulow received a number of honors for his artistic activity, including his appointment as commander of the 2nd

Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University
.

Personal life

Thaulow was married twice. In 1874 he married Ingeborg Charlotte Gad (1852–1908). The marriage dissolved in 1886. In 1886, he married Alexandra Lasson (1862–1955), the daughter of Carl Lasson (1830–1893), a noted Norwegian attorney. He had three children with his second wife: Harald Thaulow (1887–1971), Ingrid Thaulow (1892–1983) and Christian Lasson Thaulow (1895–1944).[9]

Selected gallery

  • Portrait of Frederik Collett 1875
    Portrait of Frederik Collett
    1875
  • A River 1883
    A River
    1883
  • Norsk vinterlandskap 1890
    Norsk vinterlandskap
    1890
  • Ambiance Du Soir 1893
    Ambiance Du Soir
    1893
  • Ponte Pietra, Verona 1894
    Ponte Pietra, Verona
    1894
  • Area of Venice 1894
    Area of Venice
    1894
  • Kveldstemning, Dieppe 1894-1898
    Kveldstemning, Dieppe
    1894-1898
  • A Château in Normandy 1895
    A Château in Normandy
    1895
  • Fra Dieppe med elven Arques 1895
    Fra Dieppe med elven Arques
    1895
  • Måneskinn Dieppe 1896
    Måneskinn Dieppe
    1896
  • Boulevard de la Madeleine à Paris 1896-1897
    Boulevard de la Madeleine à Paris
    1896-1897
  • Fra Akerselven 1897-1901
    Fra Akerselven
    1897-1901
  • Marmortrappen 1903
    Marmortrappen
    1903
  • Moonlight in Beaulieu 1904
    Moonlight in Beaulieu
    1904
  • Place Marbot 1904
    Place Marbot
    1904
  • Dordrecht 1905
    Dordrecht
    1905
  • Under the Rialto Bridge of Venice
    Under the Rialto Bridge of Venice
  • View of Venice
    View of Venice
  • Winter in Paris
    Winter in Paris
  • The Priest
    The Priest

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