Oil on artist's board, circa 1900. 303x385 mm; 12x15¼ inches. Initialed and annotated in oil, lower recto.
Published: Paintings and Studies Remaining in the Possession of Mrs. Frits Thaulow, American Art Association, New York, 1928, page 14, number 18 (as A Norwegian River), possibly.
Provenance: American Art Association, New York, sold February 24, 1928; Sonja and Johan Bull, New York and Stowe, Vermont; private collection, Chicago.
Thaulow (1847-1906) was an Impressionist painter born in Oslo, Norway. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen, and afterward traveled to Paris in 1875, where he became acquainted with the Impressionists, particularly Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet, and was deeply influenced by their work. Thaulow's paintings often represent the fjords, rivers, and forests of Norway and northern Europe in muted tones and soft brushstrokes, with a heavy emphasis on light and atmosphere familiar to the Impressionists. Thaulow was a founding member of the Berliner Secession, and joined the Munich Secession and the Vienna Secession as well. He is widely credited for his significant influence on the subsequent generation of Scandinavian artists.
