Karl Schou was born the 9 March, 1870 in Copenhagen, and at the age of seventeen became a pupil of Kristian Zahrtmann (see AskART), than whom no one has done more toward opening the eyes of the younger generation of Danish and Norwegian painters to the myriad possibilities of nature interpretation and the coloristic beauty of well-nigh any specific object or scene either within or out of doors.

Like so many of his comrades, Karl Schou made his first public appearance as a painter at Charlottenborg (1891) afterward joining forces with the Frie Udstilling* of which he has been a member since 1896. Continuing his studies in Paris, London, and Italy, he returned to his native country where he has won a distinct place for himself as a su...