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Frits Thaulow · 1904
Frits Thaulow: 1847–1906
Other names (8)
Frits Johan Fredrik Thaulow, Fritz Thaulau, fr. thaulow, F. Thaulow, Johan Frederik Thaulow, Johan Fredrik Thaulow, Thaulow, thaulow f.
Biography
Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter renowned for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in Christiania, the son of a wealthy chemist, 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.
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.
After his stay in Skagen, Thaulow returned to Norway in 1880.
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Influenced by
- Hans Gudeeditorial inference
Evidence
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- Nationalmuseum3 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg — Strasbourg2 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris2 recorded works
- musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims — Reims2 recorded works
- Château-musée — Dieppe1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Thiel Gallery1 recorded work
- Walters Art Museum1 recorded work
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- Getty ULAN — primary artist cultural affiliations
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- SMK SARA creator nationality review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
