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Frits Thaulow BIOGRAPHY
1847 Oslo, Norway - 1906 Volendam, Netherlands. Known for: Impressionist landscape, townscape and river scene painting.
Frits Thaulow originally wanted to become a marine painter; he studied at the art academy in Copenhagen (1870-73) as well as with the Danish marine specialist C. F. Sorensen. He then went to Paris,... Read full biography
Frits Thaulow originally wanted to become a marine painter; he studied at the art academy in Copenhagen (1870-73) as well as with the Danish marine specialist C. F. Sorensen. He then went to Paris, where he spent much of the period 1875-9. His marine oil paintings and coastal paintings, some of... Read full biography
Frits Thaulow originally wanted to become a marine painter; he studied at the art academy in Copenhagen (1870-73) as well as with the Danish marine specialist C. F. Sorensen. He then went to Paris, where he spent much of the period 1875-9. His marine oil paintings and coastal paintings, some of which were accepted at the Paris Salon, were only moderately successful, but he acquired a fair knowledge of contemporary French Realist art and felt that Norwegian artists should learn from it. In the... Read full biography
Frits Thaulow originally wanted to become a marine painter; he studied at the art academy in Copenhagen (1870-73) as well as with the Danish marine specialist C. F. Sorensen. He then went to Paris, where he spent much of the period 1875-9. His marine oil paintings and coastal paintings, some of which were accepted at the Paris Salon, were only moderately successful, but he acquired a fair knowledge of contemporary French Realist art and felt that Norwegian artists should learn from it. In the autumn of 1879 Thaulow went to Skagen in Denmark, painting with a group of Scandinavians there and then on to Oslo. He spent the years 1879-92 in Norway, a very important period when Realist painting based on French models was accepted in Norway. His... Read full biography
Frits Thaulow originally wanted to become a marine painter; he studied at the art academy in Copenhagen (1870-73) as well as with the Danish marine specialist C. F. Sorensen. He then went to Paris, where he spent much of the period 1875-9. His marine oil paintings and coastal paintings, some of which were accepted at the Paris Salon, were only moderately successful, but he acquired a fair knowledge of contemporary French Realist art and felt that Norwegian artists should learn from it. In the autumn of 1879 Thaulow went to Skagen in Denmark, painting with a group of Scandinavians there and then on to Oslo. He spent the years 1879-92 in Norway, a very important period when Realist painting based on French models was accepted in Norway. His personal interpretation of the Norwegian landscape was widely felt to be new. He painted the streets a... Read full biography
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Frits Thaulow originally wanted to become a marine painter; he studied at the art academy in Copenhagen (1870-73) as well as with the Danish marine specialist C. F. Sorensen. He then went to Paris, where he spent much of the period 1875-9. His marine oil paintings and coastal paintings, some of which were accepted at the Paris Salon, were only moderately successful, but he acquired a fair knowledge of contemporary French Realist art and felt that Norwegian artists should learn from it.
In the autumn of 1879 Thaulow went to Skagen in Denmark, painting with a group of Scandinavians there and then on to Oslo. He spent the years 1879-92 in Norway, a very important period when Realist painting based on French m...But wait, there's more...
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