Career
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. He became one of the leading young figures in the Norwegian art scene, together with
Christian Krohg and
Erik Werenskiold, and he helped establish the first
National Art Exhibit (also known as
Høstutstillingen or Autumn Exhibit) in 1882. Many of Thaulow's best-known Norwegian scenes are from
Åsgårdstrand, which had become an important center for artists and painters dating from the 1880s. Thaulow moved to France in 1892, living there until 1906. He soon discovered that the cityscapes of
Paris did not suit him. His best paintings were made in small towns such as
Montreuil-sur-Mer (1892–94),
Dieppe and surrounding villages (1894–98),
Quimperle in
Brittany (1901) and
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in the
Corrèze département (1903). One of his most famous works made after he moved to France was
A village street in France. In Dieppe Thaulow and his wife Alexandra made themselves popular: they were friends with artist
Charles Conder, and they met
Aubrey Beardsley. Thaulow received a number of honors for his artistic activity, including his appointment as commander of the 2nd
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1905. He received the
French Legion of Honor, the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus from Italy and the Order of
Nichan Iftikhar from
Tunisia. He died in
Volendam, in The Netherlands. The
National Gallery of Norway features 37 of his works. Other prominent displays include the
Hermitage Museum in
St. Petersburg, the
Museum of Fine Arts in
Boston and the
Busch-Reisinger Museum at
Harvard University. ==Personal life==
Selected gallery
File:Frits Thaulow - Fransk havn (Le Havre) - NG.M.04252 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Fransk havn (Le Havre) 1875 File:Portrait of Frederik Collett by Frits Thaulow.jpg|Portrait of Frederik Collett 1875 File:Frits Thaulow - The King, from Akershus fortress - LKM.Dep33 - Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.jpg|The King, from Akershus fortress 1878 File:On the coast. Motif from Jaeren, Norway (Frits Thaulow) - Nationalmuseum - 18712.tif|On the coast. Motif from Jaeren, Norway 1879 File:Frits Thaulow - Night (1880s).jpg|Night 1880 File:Frits Thaulow - Sommerdag i hagen - LKM.000313 - Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.jpg|Sommerdag i hagen 1880 File:Frits Thaulow - View of Amerikavej in Copenhagen - KMS1740 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg|View of Amerikavej in Copenhagen 1881 File:Frits Thaulow Revierhavnen JWC.099.jpg|Revierhavnen 1881 File:Frits Thaulow - The Train is arriving - Google Art Project.jpg|The Train is arriving 1881 File:'Summer Day' by Frits Thaulow, 1881, Bergen Kunstmuseum.JPG|Summer Day 1881 File:Frits Thaulow - The Park of the Royal Palace, Oslo - NG.M.03139 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|The Park of the Royal Palace, Oslo 1882 File:Frits Thaulow - Houses in Kragerø - NG.M.00859 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Houses in Kragerø 1882 File:Rock, Motif from Kragerö (Frits Thaulow) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - F 146.tif|Rock, Motif from Kragero 1882 File:Frits Thaulow - Street in Kragerø - NG.M.00299 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Street in Kragero 1882 File:Frits Thaulow - Factories in Ivry - NG.M.02235 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Factories in Ivry 1883 File:Frits Thaulow - Winter at the River Simoa - Google Art Project.jpg|Winter at the River Simoa 1883 File:Frits Thaulow - River (c. 1883).jpg|A River 1883 File:Frits Thaulow - The Waterfall Haugsfossen - NG.M.00304 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|The Waterfall Haugfossen 1883 File:Frits Thaulow - Iskjøring - LKM.000956 - Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.jpg|Iskjøring 1884 File:Frits Thaulow - View from the Alster - NG.M.01430 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|View from the Alster 1885 File:Frits Thaulow - Elv.jpg|Elv 1886 File:Frits Thaulow - Winter - NG.M.00860 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Winter 1886 File:Frits Thaulow - Vinter, Vestre Aker - NG.M.01137 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Vinter, Vestre Aker 1886–1887 File:Frits Thaulow - Spring Thaw - NMB 306 - Nationalmuseum.jpg|Spring Thaw 1887 File:Frits Thaulow-Norsk vinterlandskap 1890.jpg|Norsk vinterlandskap 1890 File:Frits Thaulow - The Sailing Boat - NG.M.01248 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|The Sailing Boat 1890 File:Frits Thaulow - Løvsprett - TKM-32-1891 - Trondheim kunstmuseum (cropped).jpg|Løvsprett 1891 File:Fritz Thaulow - Bank im Schnee, aus dem Elbpark.jpg|Bank im Schnee, aus dem Elbpark 1891 File:Fritz Thaulow - The Mills at Montreuil-sur-Mer, Normandy - 84.136 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts.jpg|The Mills at Montreuil-sur-Mer, Normandy 1891 File:Thaulow, Mill Holland.jpg|Landschap met molen, Holland 1892 File:Frits Thaulow - Freezing river (c. 1892).jpg|Freezing River 1892 File:'Timber Haulers Returning Home' by Frits Thaulow, Bergen Kunstmuseum.JPG|Timber Haulers Returning Home 1892 File:Fritz Thaulow Watermill 1892.jpg|Watermill 1892 File:Frits Thaulow Ambiance Du Soir 1893.png|Ambiance Du Soir 1893 File:Frits Thaulow - Outside the Fortification Walls at Montreuil - NG.M.01252 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Outside the Fortification Walls at Montreuil 1893 File:BRO I VERONA (PONTE PIETRA, VERONA).PNG|Ponte Pietra, Verona 1894 File:Frits Thaulow - Area of Venice (1894).jpg|Area of Venice 1894 File:Frits Thaulow - The Main Square, Montreuil (La Grande Place, Montreuil) - 2004.36 - Rhode Island School of Design Museum.jpg|The Main Square, Montreuil (La Grande Place, Montreuil) 1894 File:Frits Thaulow - The Adige River at Verona - Walters 3797.jpg|The Adige River at Verona 1894 File:Frits Thaulow - Red Church Wall in Venice - NG.M.00737 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Red Church Wall in Venice 1894 File:Frits Thaulow - Street in Venice - NG.M.01247 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Street in Venice 1894 File:River in Normandy by Frits Thaulow, 1894, oil on canvas - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC05218.JPG|River in Normandy 1894 File:Frits Thaulow Kveldstemning, Dieppe 1894-1898.png|Kveldstemning, Dieppe 1894–1898 File:Frits Thaulow - July 14th in Dieppe - NG.M.01249 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|July 14th in Dieppe 1894–1898 File:Frits Thaulow, 1895c - The Old Church by the River.jpg|The Old Church by the River 1895 File:Frits Thaulow-Fra Dieppe med elven Arques.jpg|Fra Dieppe med elven Arques 1895 File:Frits Thaulow - A Château in Normandy.jpg|A Château in Normandy 1895 File:Frits Thaulow View of Venice.png|View of Venice 1895 File:Frits Thaulow - Norwegian Winter - NG.M.01243 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Norwegian Winter 1896 File:Frits Thaulow Måneskinn Dieppe 1896.png|Måneskinn Dieppe 1896 File:Thaulow, Vieille fabrique sur la Somme (soir).JPG|Vieille fabrique sur la Somme 1896–1897 File:Frits Thaulow - Boulevard de la Madeleine à Paris (1890s).jpg|Boulevard de la Madeleine à Paris 1896–1897 File:Frits Thaulow - Midnight in Amiens - NG.M.00483 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Midnight in Amiens 1897 File:Frits Thaulow - Village on the Bank of a Stream - Walters 37175.jpg|Village on the Bank of a Stream 1897 File:Frits Thaulow - Mountain stream, Winter (1898).jpg|Mountain stream, Winter 1898 File:Frits Thaulow - Field of Melons near Pittsburgh, USA - NG.M.01241 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Field of Melons near Pittsburgh, USA 1898 File:Frits Thaulow - Village Street in overcast Weather - NG.M.01244 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Village Street in overcast Weather 1898 File:Frits Thaulow - Gare d'Orleans in Paris under Construction - NG.M.01242 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|''Gare d'Orleans in Paris under Construction'' 1898 File:Picquigny - MET DP-22562-001.jpg|Picquigny 1899 File:Ponte Scaligero (Verona) by Frits Thaulow.jpg|Ponte Scaligero (Verona) 1899 File:Frits Thaulow - Fra Akerselven.jpg|Fra Akerselven 1897–1901 File:PRÆSTEGAARD I NORGE (CLERGY HOUSE IN NORWAY).png|Clergy House in Norway 1900 File:Frits Thaulow - Treschow's Bridge - LKM.000314 - Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.jpg|''Treschow's Bridge'' 1901 File:Frits Thaulow - From Brittany - NG.M.01253 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|From Brittany 1901 File:Frits Thaulow - Den gamle fabrikk - LKM.000315 - Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.jpg|Den gamle fabrikk 1901 File:A Stream in Springtime.JPG|A Stream in Springtime 1901 File:FritzThaulowQuimperlé.jpg|Washerwomen at Quimperle 1902 File:Thaulow, Paysage.JPG|Paysage 1903 File:Frits Thaulow-La Dordogne.jpg|La Dordogne 1903 File:Frits Thaulow-Marmortrappen.jpg|Marmortrappen 1903 File:Frits Thaulow - Square in Cordova - NG.M.00714 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Square in Cordova 1903 File:Frits Thaulow - Nyholms Vagt - LKM.001013 - Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.jpg|Nyholms Vagt 1904 File:Frits Thaulow - En gate i måneskinn - A street in moonlight.jpg|Moonlight in Beaulieu 1904 File:Place Marbot by Frits Thaulow.tif|Place Marbot 1904 File:Thaulow, Dordrecht.jpg|Dordrecht 1905 File:Frits Thaulow - Small town near La Panne, 1905.jpg|Small Town near La Panne 1905 File:THAULOW Fritz Fabriques en Norvège, les deux moulins sur la rivière Mesma Huile sur toile.jpg|Fabriques en Norvège, les deux moulins sur la rivière Mesma 1905 File:Frits Thaulow - La nouvelle fabrique à Lillehammer - PPP459 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris.jpg|La nouvelle fabrique à Lillehammer 1905–1906 File:Frits Thaulow - Canal in Volendam - NG.M.00735 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.jpg|Canal in Volendam 1906 File:Frits Thaulow Towards the Pont Lovignon in Quimperlé.jpg|Towards the Pont Lovignon in Quimperlé 1906 File:Frits Thaulow - rialto.jpg|Under the Rialto Bridge of Venice File:Frits Thaulow Hiver à Paris.png|Winter in Paris File:Thaulow Le Curé.jpg|The Priest File:Frits Thaulow-Paysage et rivière.jpg|Paysage et Riviere File:Frits Thaulow - The River at Beaulieu - 1928.60.1 - Reading Public Museum.jpg|The River at Beaulieu File:Frits Thaulow A French River Landscape.jpg|A French River Landscape File:Place Marbot by Frits Thaulow.tif|Place Marbot File:Frits Thaulow Midnight Mass.JPG|Midnight Mass File:The Orchard by Fritz Thaulow.jpg|La Verger (An Orchard) File:Frits thaulow a river in normandy with a woman carrying water041120).jpg|A River in Normandy with a Woman Carrying Water File:Fritz thaulow sunset over lelle river near quimperle france d6462364095606).jpg|''Sunset over L'Elle river, near Quimperlé, France'' File:Thaulow Franskt flodlandskap med stenbro.jpg|French river landscape with a stone bridge File:Fritz Thaulow-Soleil couchant sur l'Arques à Péquigny.jpg|''Soleil couchant sur l'Arques à Péquigny'' File:Frits Thaulow-Kanal med vannmølle.jpg|Kanal med vannmølle File:Shadows (Frits Thaulow) - Nationalmuseum - 18547.tif|Shadows File:Winter on the Canal by Frits Thaulow, pastel.jpg|Winter on the Canal File:Village by a Stream7).jpg|Village by a Stream File:Ferme aux toits rouges sur les bords de l’Arques, fin d’été.JPG|Ferme aux toits rouges sur les bords de l’Arques, fin d’été File:A River Landscape with a Church Beyond).jpg|A River Landscape with a Church Beyond File:Frits Thaulow - Rio en invierno.jpg|Rio en invierno ==References==
Other sources
• Pakenham, Simona. Sixty Miles from England: The English at Dieppe 1814-1914, (London, Macmillan, 1967). • Poulsson, Vidar Frits Thaulow: 1847-1906 (B.A. Mathisen. 1992) . • Poulsson, Vidar; Thune, Richard M. Frits Thaulow (Hirschl & Adler Galleries; 1985). • Haverkamp, Frode (trans. Joan Fuglesang) Hans Fredrik Gude: From National Romanticism to Realism in Landscape (Aschehoug. 1992) . ==External links==