Painting ID:: 11789
A Winter Day in Norway 1886(1889 Exposition Universelle)
3' 2 1/2'' x 5' 2 1/2''(98 x 159 cm)
Frits Thaulow Norwegian Impressionist Painter, 1847-1906
.Norwegian painter and engraver. Originally wanting 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. S?rensen (1818-79). He spent two winters at Karlsruhe (1873-4, 1874-5) as the pupil of Hans Gude and then went to Paris, where he spent much of the period 1875-9. His marines and coastal pictures, 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. A Winter Day in Norway 1886(1889 Exposition Universelle)
3' 2 1/2'' x 5' 2 1/2''(98 x 159 cm)
