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Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow, A stream in spring

Frits Thaulow, A stream in spring

Frits Thaulow, A stream in spring (details)

A stream in spring, Frits Thaulow, oil on panel, roughly 13 x 16 inches (32 x 40 cm)

Link is to Christie’s auction house, where the painting was sold at auction in 2011 (full size here). I don’t know the current location of the original, perhaps in a private collection.

19th century Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow is my favorite painter of small streams and rivers, and one of my favorite landscape painters in general.

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone capture the elements of surface character, reflection and objects under the water quite like Thaulow. For superb example of how he sometimes captures all three in one painting, see my Eye Candy post on Thaulow’s Water Mill.


Comments

3 responses to “Eye Candy for Today: Frits Thaulow, A stream in spring

  1. Thaulow has to be one of the greatest when it comes to river’s & streams. The colours and impressionistic style work brilliantly.

  2. Tim Langenderfer Avatar
    Tim Langenderfer

    The deftness of his brushwork is really something special.

    1. Thanks, Tim. Yes, a wonderful painter, not as familiar in the U.S. as he should be.