Frits Thaulow Painting by Paul Meijering

About "Frits Thaulow Painting"

by Paul Meijering

About the artwork

Realistic acrylic painting of the Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow, painted by the Dutch fineaartist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 120 x 90 cm and part of a permanent collection.

Frits Thaulow (Kristiania, 20 October 1847 - Volendam, 5 November 1906) was a prominent Norwegian painter.

Thaulow received his training at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. From 1873 to 1875, he was a pupil of Hans Gude in Karlsruhe. In the following years, he worked in Paris, where he was initially influenced by Impressionism. Later, he leaned more towards naturalism.

In 1880, Thaulow returned to Norway. There he became one of the leading figures in the Norwegian art world. Together with Christian Krohg and Erik Werenskiold, he opposed the prevailing bourgeois views on art at the time. For a while, he also regularly stayed at Skagen, with the Skagen painters.

In 1892, Thaulow left for France again and settled in Dieppe. There, he initially painted a lot in the surrounding area, but eventually settled back in Paris where he painted cityscapes.
Thaulow always attached great importance to not repeating himself and therefore made frequent trips, including to Spain, Italy (Venice), Belgium, the Netherlands and, in 1898, the United States. In 1905, he bought a car, with which he could get around more easily. He drove it to the Netherlands and spent the autumn months near Dordrecht and Rotterdam, where he also visited a number of museums. In 1906, he drove to Holland again and worked in Edam and Volendam. In November that year, he suddenly lost his life there in Hotel Spaander.