Frits Thaulow Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Frits Thaulow Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 08, 2025
Fritz Thaulow (Norwegian, 1847-1906) etching
Est: $200 - $400
European Village Street in the Evening etching in colors, signed in pencil. 13 x 17"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 24, 2025
Frits Thaulow. “River Study Arques-la-Bataille,” oil
Est: $16,000 - $20,000
(Norwegian, 1847-1906) Oil on board, signed "Frits Thaulow" lr, further identifying information (in Norwegian) on verso, sight size: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in., framed size: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
Alex Cooper
Nov. 27, 2024
Frits Thaulow, Red Canon, Akershus 1981-82
Est: kr70,000 - kr90,000
Signed and dated lower right: Frits Thaulow
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Nov. 27, 2024
Frits Thaulow, Town Street in Evening Mood
Est: kr80,000 - kr100,000
Signed lower right: Frits Thaulow.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Nov. 14, 2024
Frits Thaulow, Untitled
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Frits Thaulow Untitled oil on board 8 h x 10 w in (20 x 25 cm) Signed to lower left 'F. Thaulow'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 12, 2024
FRITS THAULOW (Norway, 1847 - The Netherlands, 1906) "Christmas market". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Presents some patch on the back.
Est: €18,000 - €20,000
FRITS THAULOW (Norway, 1847 - The Netherlands, 1906) "Christmas market". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Presents some patch on the back. Measurements: 66 x 104 cm; 86 x 124 cm (frame). Frits Thaulow was one of the most outstanding members of the Norwegian impressionist school. He was especially known for his landscapes, of great naturalism, as well as his urban scenes. The one presented here is a hibernal view of a central European square where one of the characteristic Christmas markets is taking place. The evening lights dissipate in the cloudy sky while the glimmers of the stalls and the windows of the buildings warn us of the end of the day. The Norwegian artist often introduces water surfaces (such as rivers or canals) into his compositions. On this occasion the rainwater dissipates in the streets creating a silvery play of reflections. Some pedestrians in the purest Pissarro style walk through the streets. Born into a wealthy family, Frits Thaulow was educated in Denmark and Germany, studying at the Academy of Arts in Copenhagen between 1870 and 1870 and at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe with the Norwegian Hans Gude between 1873 and 1875. Thaulow was one of the first artists to paint the landscapes of Skagen, in the north of Jutland (Denmark), a region around which a school known as the Skagen Painters was formed shortly after. He arrived in the area in 1879 with his friend Christian Krohg, and together they traveled on the painter's own ship. Thaulow, who until then had specialized in painting seascapes, would from then on focus on capturing the Skagen landscape, its fishermen and their boats stranded on the shore. He will return to Norway in 1880, where he will become one of the main representatives of the Norwegian painting scene along with Krohg and Erik Werenskiold, and participated in the organization of the first National Art Exhibition in 1882. In his native country he especially preferred the landscapes of Åsgårdstrand, an important artistic center from the 1880s onwards. In 1892 he moved to France, where he spent the rest of his life, although he died in the town of Volendam, in Holland. However, Thaulow was not interested in the urban landscapes of Paris, but turned his gaze to the rural environments of towns such as Montreuil-sur-Mer (1892-94), Dieppe (1894-98), Quimperle in Brittany (1901) and Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (1903). Throughout his career, Thaulow was recognized with various honors, including the appointment of Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1905. He also received the French Legion of Honor, the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus in Italy and the Order of Nichan Iftikhar in Tunisia. Thaulow is currently represented in outstanding collections such as the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Orsay Museum in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Royal Museums of Belgium and the National Galleries of Norway, Denmark and Finland, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 27, 2024
Frits Thaulow Oil on Canvas
Est: $40,000 - $80,000
Frits Thaulow (NORWEGIAN, 1847-1906) Oil on canvas 19.75" x 24" Cityscape by the water
1stBid
Oct. 09, 2024
FRITS THAULOW (NORWEGIAN, 1847-1906). A River in Normandy with a Woman Carr
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FRITS THAULOW (NORWEGIAN, 1847-1906). A River in Normandy with a Woman Carrying Water. oil on canvas 25 5⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 in. (65.1 x 81 cm.).
Christie's
Sep. 26, 2024
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906): Stream with eddies, around 1895.
Est: kr45,000 - kr50,000
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906): Stream with eddies. Qty. France around 1895. 60 x 80cm. Provenance: Early. ABR auction, 2004.
Auktionshuset.com
Sep. 18, 2024
Frits Thaulow Original Oil On Board
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Frits Thaulow (Norway, France, Netherlands, 1847-1906) signed original oil painting on board. Measures 12 x 11 inches. Signed lower left. Very good condition with only two very small areas of inpainting (see photos). Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. Purchased from Kaminski Auction. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Jun. 29, 2024
Fritz Thaulow Riverside Town Remarque on Paper
Est: $50 - $150
Artists signature on bottom right corner, Lithograph print with hand-embellished painting over top, Frame measures 30 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches, Painting measures 25 x 32 inches.
Matthew Bullock Auctioneers
Jun. 21, 2024
FRITS THAULOW
Est: CHF25,000 - CHF35,000
FRITS THAULOW (Oslo 1847–1906 Volendam) Venice. Circa 1899. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: Frits Thaulow. 64.5 × 80.5 cm. Provenance: - With Peiken Galleries, New York. - Private collection, USA, acquired from the above gallery on 26.6.1967. - Sale Christie's, USA, 17.6.2020, Lot 50. - Private collection, Germany, acquired from the above auction. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration. ------------------------------------------------- FRITS THAULOW (Oslo 1847–1906 Volendam) Venice. Um 1899. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: Frits Thaulow. 64,5 × 80,5 cm. Provenienz: - Peiken Galleries, New York. - Privatbesitz USA, am 26.6.1967 in obiger Galerie erworben. - Auktion Christie's, USA, 17.6.2020, Los 50. - Privatsammlung Deutschland, an obiger Auktion erworben. Dieses mit * (Asterisk) bezeichnete Objekte ist vollumfänglich mehrwertsteuerpflichtig, d. h. bei diesen Objekten wird die MWST auf den Zuschlagspreis plus Aufgeld berechnet. Käufer, die eine rechtsgültig abgestempelte Ausfuhrdeklaration vorlegen, erhalten die MWST rückvergütet.
Koller Auctions
Jun. 05, 2024
Thaulow, Frits (1847-1906), From Kragerø 1894
Est: kr150,000 - kr200,000
Signed lower left: Frits Thaulow 94.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 05, 2024
Thaulow, Frits (1847-1906), The Atlantic Steam Ship
Est: kr200,000 - kr250,000
Signed lower right: Frits Thaulow
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 05, 2024
Thaulow, Frits (1847-1906), Moonlight 1883
Est: kr150,000 - kr200,000
Signed and dated lower left: Frits Thaulow 83
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 05, 2024
Thaulow, Frits (1847-1906), Moonlight
Est: kr200,000 - kr300,000
Signed lower left: Frits Thaulow
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
May. 29, 2024
Thaulow, Frits: Abend in Audenarde
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Abend in Audenarde. Radierung und Farbaquatinta auf Arches-Bütten. 56,7 x 45 cm (Darstellung); 68,4 x 53,2 cm (Blattgröße). Unten rechts mit schwarzem Stift signiert "Frits Thaulow", sowie unten links bezeichnet "Épreuve d'états" und eigenhändig gewidmet "à mon ami Balestrieri". Ausgezeichneter, feinabgestufter Abzug mit schmalem Rand um die Facette. Im weißen Rand leicht fleckig, im Passepartoutausschnitt leicht gebräunt, geringfügig stockfleckig, die Ränder etwas unfrisch und teils fleckig, teils berieben. verso kleine Bleistiftannotation, sonst in sehr gutem Zustand. Unten links mit dem Blindstempel des Herausgebers "Georges Petit.Paris.Éditeur" (Lugt 2022). - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 29, 2024
Thaulow, Frits: Inntrykk fra sne (Schneeimpressionen aus Norwegen)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Inntrykk fra sne (Schneeimpressionen aus Norwegen). Farbige Aquatinta mit Roulette und Kaltnadel, eigenhändig mit Pinsel überarbeitet, auf festem Bütten. 42,2 x 61 cm. Signiert und nummeriert "N°84". Wz. Schriftzug. Ganz ausgezeichneter Druck mit schmalem Rand. Das Papier gebräunt, verso stärker, vereinzelt fleckig, die Plattenkante in der oberen rechten Ecke gebrochen, rückseitig entlang der Außenkanten umlaufend Montageband, sonst in guter Erhaltung. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 28, 2024
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) "Vaskekoner i Quimperlé" / "Laveuses de Quimperlé"
Est: €400 - €600
"Vaskekoner i Quimperlé" / "Laveuses de Quimperlé" Coloured print Signed and numbered "Nº8" 48x59 cm
Veritas Art Auctioneers
May. 26, 2024
Frits Thaulow Oil on Canvas
Est: $40,000 - $80,000
Frits Thaulow (NORWEGIAN, 1847-1906) Oil on canvas 19.75" x 24" Cityscape by the water
1stBid
Apr. 24, 2024
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) Pont d'Amiens, sous la Neige & Pont Pietra Verona
Est: £700 - £900
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) Pont d'Amiens, sous la Neige & Pont Pietra Verona Two etchings with aquatint printed in colours, 1895-6 & circa 1899, each signed in pencil, the second inscribed 'No.87', from the editions of unknown sizes, published by Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, with their blindstamp, on laid paper, with full margins, sheet 553 x 687mm (21 3/4 x 27in) and similar (2)
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 14, 2024
Fritz Thaulow, Dutch Houses, Print
Est: $250 - $350
Fritz Thaulow (Norwegian, 1847-1906), Dutch Houses, print, 21" x 25". Provenance: Cambridge, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Mar. 14, 2024
FRITS THAULOW Water Study with Reflections.
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
FRITS THAULOW Water Study with Reflections. 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.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 12, 2024
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) Pont d'Amiens, sous la Neige & Pont Pietra Verona
Est: £700 - £900
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) Pont d'Amiens, sous la Neige & Pont Pietra Verona Two etchings with aquatint printed in colours, 1895-6 & circa 1899, each signed in pencil, the second inscribed 'No.87', from the editions of unknown sizes, published by Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, with their blindstamp, on laid paper, with full margins, sheet 553 x 687mm (21 3/4 x 27in) and similar (2)
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 07, 2024
FRITS (JOHAN FREDERIK) THAULOW (1847-1906) "LANDSCAPE WITH LAKE".
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FRITS (JOHAN FREDERIK) THAULOW (1847-1906) "LANDSCAPE WITH LAKE". European, late 19th Century. Oil on canvas in a gilt frame. Fall landscape with a lake in the foreground and a village in the background. Apparently unsigned. 13.5"h. 18.5"w. (sight). Frame, 21.5"h. 28.5"w. Purchased at The Columbus Academy Antiques Show, in the 1990s.
Amelia Jeffers
Feb. 01, 2024
Frits Thaulow
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Norwegian, 1847-1906 A Norwegian River Initialed F.T. (lr) and indistinctly inscribed along the bottom; inscribed Property of Sonja Bull and no. 2337 on the reverse Oil canvas laid to board 12 x 15 1/4 inches (30.5 x 38.7 cm) Provenance: Sale, American Art Association, New York, Feb, 24, 1928 Sonja and Johan Bull, thence by descent in the family Literature: Paintings and studies remaining in the possession of Mrs. Frits Thaulow, American Art Association, New York, 1928, p. 14, no. 18, as A Norwegian River (possibly) (Frame 13 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches) Dirty varnish; frame rubbing; tiny specs of paint loss around the perimeter of the painting; scattered vertical lines of craquelure, most noticeable at center; unable to detect restoration under UV light.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 01, 2024
Frits Thaulow
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Norwegian, 1847-1906 The Boatman Signed F.T. (lr) Oil on panel 10 1/4 x 14 inches (26 x 35.5 cm) Provenance: Sale, American Art Association, New York, Feb, 24, 1928, lot 8, sold for 60 USD Frank and Molla Mallory, acquired from the above Sonja and Johan Bull, acquired from the above in 1929, thence by descent in the family Literature: Paintings and studies remaining in the possession of Mrs. Frits Thaulow, American Art Association, New York, 1928, p.12, no. 8, as The Boatman Vidar Poulsson has confirmed the authenticity of this work on the basis of photographs. (Frame dimensions: 11 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches) Could use a light cleaning; no apparent restoration; two tiny surface scratches (upper and lower right).
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 01, 2024
Attributed to Frits Thaulow
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Plantation from Skagen, Denmark Bears signature Frits Thaulow (lr) Oil on canvas 48 x 37 inches (122 x 94 cm) Provenance: Sale, American Art Association, New York, Feb. 24, 1928, lot 74, sold for 200 USD Frank and Molla Mallory, acquired from the above Sonja and Johan Bull, Norway, gift from the above in 1929; thence by descent in the family Literature: Paintings and studies remaining in the possession of Mrs. Frits Thaulow, American Art Association, New York, 1928, p.34, cat. no. 74, as Plantation from Skagen, Denmark, p. 34, illus.in black and white p. 35 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, The Wahlgreen Co., San Francisco, 1915, p. 111, listed no. 141 as In Skagen, Denmark Exhibited: San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, Norwegian Pavilion, 1915, no. 141, as In Skagen, Denmark (Frame: 55 1/8 x 44 inches) Wax lined; frame rubbing; dirty varnish; scattered fine craquelure; scattered spots of inpainting, including in the sky; in the center and lower center; at right and left center; upper and lower left corners; difficult to detect further restoration under UV light.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 14, 2023
FRITZ THAULOW (NORWEGIAN, 1847-1906) Sunset over L'Elle river, near Quimper
Est: $45,000 - $55,000
FRITZ THAULOW (NORWEGIAN, 1847-1906) Sunset over L'Elle river, near Quimperlé, France oil on canvas 28 ¾ x 36 3⁄8 in. (73.1 x 92.4 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2023
FRITS THAULOW (Oslo, 1847-Volendam, 1906)
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
FRITS THAULOW (Oslo, 1847-Volendam, 1906) PAYSAGE D'HIVER EN NORVÈGE, 20° DE FROID Toile d'origine Dédicacé et signé en bas à gauche "a mon ami Albert Baertsoen / Frits Thaulow -20°Celsius" Au revers porte un ancien tampon d'une exposition à Gand. Winter landscape in Norway, 20° Celsius, original canvas, dedicated and signed lower left. 54 x 68 CM - 21,3 x 26,8 IN.
Tajan
Dec. 13, 2023
FRITS THAULOW (Oslo, 1847-Volendam, 1906) PAYSAGE DE HOLLANDE, LE LONG D'UN CANAL Toile Restaurations anciennes Signé en bas...
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
FRITS THAULOW (Oslo, 1847-Volendam, 1906) PAYSAGE DE HOLLANDE, LE LONG D'UN CANAL Toile Restaurations anciennes Signé en bas à droite "Frits Thaulow" Landscape in Holland, along a canal, canvas, signed lower right, old restorations 66 x 81 CM - 26 x 31,9 IN.
Tajan
Nov. 30, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Winter Landscape, From Stord 1889
Est: kr170,000 - kr200,000
Signed and dated lower right: Frits Thaulow. 89.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Nov. 30, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Winter with a Skier 1892
Est: kr2,500,000 - kr3,000,000
Signed and dated lower right: Frits Thaulow 1892.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Nov. 30, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Volendam
Est: kr250,000 - kr350,000
Signed lower left: FT.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Oct. 06, 2023
The Long Road
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Attributed to Frits Thaulow Norwegian 1847-1906 The Long Road signed lower right: Frits.Thaulow oil on canvas canvas: 48 ½ by 36 ¾ in.; 123 by 93.6 cm framed: 55 by 44 in.; 139.7 by 111.7 cm
Sotheby's
Oct. 06, 2023
Sketch of a Man in a Boat
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Fritz Thaulow Norwegian 1847 - 1906 Sketch of a Man in a Boat initialed lower right: F.T. oil on panel panel: 10 1/4 by 13 3/4 in.; 26 by 34.9 cm framed: 11 3/4 by 15 1/4 in.; 29.8 by 38.7 cm
Sotheby's
Jul. 25, 2023
* FRITS THAULOW (NORWEGIAN 1847-1906)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
* FRITS THAULOW (NORWEGIAN 1847-1906) FRITS THAULOW (NORWEGIAN 1847-1906) Village street signed Frits Thaulow (lower right) oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm Thaulow, a Norwegian Impressionist. He studied in Copenhagen and Paris, where he came into contact with the French Impressionist movement, which greatly influenced his style. Thaulow's works display a loose brushwork, vibrant colours, and a keen observation of light and atmosphere. Traveling extensively throughout Europe, he depicted scenes from Norway, France, England, the Netherlands, and Italy. He participated in numerous exhibitions, including the Paris Salon, and received several awards for his work. He played a significant role in the development of Norwegian art, promoting Impressionism and plein air painting style.
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 08, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Winter Landscape, From Stord 1889
Est: kr200,000 - kr300,000
Signed and dated lower right: Frits Thaulow. 89.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 08, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Winter 1906
Est: kr80,000 - kr100,000
Signed lower left: F T.
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 08, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Street in Venice
Est: kr200,000 - kr300,000
Signed lower left: Frits Thaulow
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 08, 2023
Frits Thaulow, Moonlight in Beaulieu
Est: kr200,000 - kr300,000
Signed lower left: Frits Thaulow
Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner
Jun. 01, 2023
Laundresses
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Signed lower left: Frit.[!] Thaulow.
Grisebach
Apr. 27, 2023
Fritz Thaulow Norwegian Framed Oil Painting
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Fritz Thaulow Norwegian Framed Oil Painting. Framed oil painting on board of a rural town. In gilt frame. Measures 31.5 x 37.5 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Apr. 05, 2023
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) Hameau en bord de rivière huile sur toile 50 x 61
Est: €25,000 - €35,000
Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) Hameau en bord de rivière huile sur toile 50 x 61.1 cm.
Christie's
Mar. 23, 2023
Fritz Thaulow Norwegian Framed Oil Painting
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Fritz Thaulow Norwegian Framed Oil Painting. Framed oil painting on board of a rural town. In gilt frame. Measures 31.5 x 37.5 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Mar. 23, 2023
FRITS THAULOW Vielles Maisons et Pont.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
FRITS THAULOW Vielles Maisons et Pont. Color etching and aquatint, circa 1900. 598x475 mm; 23 1/2x18 3/4 inches, wide margins. Signed and inscribed "No. 176" in black crayon, lower margin. Published by Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, with the blind stamp (Lugt 2022, lower left recto). A very good impression. 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.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 14, 2023
Frits Thaulow (Norwegian, 1847–1906) Canal in Spring
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Frits Thaulow (Norwegian, 1847–1906) Canal in Spring Signed 'Frits Thaulow.' (underlined) bottom left, oil on canvas 32 x 39 1/2 in. (81.3 x 100.3cm) Provenance Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Lyon, Buffalo, New York (acquired in Paris cira 1924) By descent to Mr. and Mrs. Francis K. Remington, Rochester, New York, circa 1938. By descent to Mr. and Mrs. William Moore Dietel, New York, New York and Flint Hill, Virginia, since 1995. Note Born in Oslo in 1847, Frits Thaulow found modest success as a painter of marine and coastal subjects under the tutelage of C.F. Sørensen at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Following a short tenure in the studio of Hans-Fredrik Gude in Karlsruhe, Germany, Thaulow committed—in large part, for the remainder of his career—to painting landscapes, first in his native Norway and, subsequently, across northern and northwestern France. Thaulow’s views of the 1880s and 90s reveal a selective commingling of styles then au courant, from French academic Realism to Naturalism—in the manner of artists Léon Augustin Lhermitte and Jules Bastien-Lepage, whose paintings he would have encountered in Paris the previous decade—to Impressionism. A close friend of Monet and brother-in-law of Paul Gauguin (who, by the late 1870s was still painting in an impressionistic mode), he cultivated an approach that exploited the strengths of each movement. Retaining the compositional structure of mid-century Realism, Thaulow explored the relationship between humans and nature à la Naturalism, while embracing the Impressionist preoccupation with color, light, and atmosphere. His carefully studied depictions of canals, riverbanks, and rural hamlets—the bulk of his output across the final two decades of his life—best reflect this synthesis. Settling in France in 1892, Thaulow executed a spate of characteristic and critically-acclaimed canvases, mostly in and around the villages of Montreuil-sur-Mer (1892–94), Dieppe (1894–98), where he maintained a studio, Quimperle in Brittany (1901) and Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (1903). The present work likely dates to this fertile period. From an elevated and downward-looking perspective, viewers are transported canal-side. Sharply foreshortened under a cobalt-and-cloud-filled sky, water gently eddies into the middleground of the composition. Flanked by trees and a series of barns and outbuildings on either side, the canal dominates the composition. Figures and a horse-drawn cart are all but enveloped by the landscape—an acknowledgement, perhaps, of the waterway’s importance to the life and livelihood of the village. Hallmarks of Thaulow’s mature style—staccato brushwork, mirror-like reflections, and an intuitive juxtaposition of light and shadow–recommend the scene. To request a condition report, or for any additional information, please email Raphael Chatroux at rchatroux@freemansauction.com.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 14, 2022
Frits Thaulow, Kveld, Filtvet
Est: kr40,000 - kr60,000
Signert nede t.h.: Frits Thaulow.
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