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1802 Frederikshald (Halden), Norway - 1842 Munich, Germany. Known for: Romantic landscape and waterscape painting.
Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting.... Read full biography
Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting. Thomas Fearnley was born in Frederikshald (now Halden), in Østfold county, Norway. He was the son of... Read full biography
Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting. Thomas Fearnley was born in Frederikshald (now Halden), in Østfold county, Norway. He was the son of merchant Thomas Fearnley (1768–1834) and Maren Sophie Paus (1782–1838). Fearnley's grandfather, merchant Thomas Fearnley (1729–1798), immigrated from Hull in England to Frederikshald in Norway in 1753.... Read full biography
Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting. Thomas Fearnley was born in Frederikshald (now Halden), in Østfold county, Norway. He was the son of merchant Thomas Fearnley (1768–1834) and Maren Sophie Paus (1782–1838). Fearnley's grandfather, merchant Thomas Fearnley (1729–1798), immigrated from Hull in England to Frederikshald in Norway in 1753. His mother belonged to the prominent Norwegian Paus family. He was the brother of astronomer Carl Frederik Fearnley. In 1840, he married Cecilia Catharine Andresen (1817–1888). She was the daughter of his benefactor, banker Nicolai Andresen, who... Read full biography
Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting. Thomas Fearnley was born in Frederikshald (now Halden), in Østfold county, Norway. He was the son of merchant Thomas Fearnley (1768–1834) and Maren Sophie Paus (1782–1838). Fearnley's grandfather, merchant Thomas Fearnley (1729–1798), immigrated from Hull in England to Frederikshald in Norway in 1753. His mother belonged to the prominent Norwegian Paus family. He was the brother of astronomer Carl Frederik Fearnley. In 1840, he married Cecilia Catharine Andresen (1817–1888). She was the daughter of his benefactor, banker Nicolai Andresen, who founded what became the Andresen Bank, one of Norway's largest commercial banks of its time. In the autumn of 1841, the couple went to Amsterda... Read full biography
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Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 -16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting.
Thomas Fearnley was born in Frederikshald (now Halden), in Østfold county, Norway. He was the son of merchant Thomas Fearnley (1768–1834) and Maren Sophie Paus (1782–1838). Fearnley's grandfather, merchant Thomas Fearnley (1729–1798), immigrated from Hull in England to Frederikshald in Norway in 1753. His mother belonged to the prominent Norwegian Paus family. He was the brother of astronomer Carl Frederik Fearnley.
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