Thomas Fearnley

Thomas Fearnley (* December 27 1802 in Halden, Halden today; † January 16, 1842 in Munich) was a Norwegian painter.

Thomas Fearnley, whose grandfather came from Yorkshire, was educated at the School of Art to Christiania, and since 1821 at the Academy at Copenhagen. A prospectus of Copenhagen earned him the favor of the Crown Prince ( later King ) Oskar. From Stockholm, where Fearnley 1823-1827 was staying for the completion of his studies, he traveled through Norway and Sweden, then brought 1829-30 and a half years in Dresden, pitched his art under Johan Christian Clausen Dahl line exercising, and dwelt thereon longer time in the Salzburg and Munich.

Several of his best landscapes date from that time, such as the view of the Marumelf, the Jostedalsbreen, a duck hunting on the Koenigssee, etc. In the year 1832 Fearnley went to Italy to stay here for three years, until he in 1835 after the Switzerland turned where he mainly tried in the representation of the glaciers, and then went to Paris to return from here via the Netherlands and London to his home. Here was excellent Romsdal with its peculiar nature object of his studies. His major works include: the Romsdalhorn, the Labrofall at Kongsberg, the Grindelwald glacier, a game of Vindhellen, Gudvangen and Sorrento. He died after he had visited England, Switzerland and Holland again, on January 16, 1842 in Munich. His tomb is located in the memorial grove of Vår Frelsers cemetery in Oslo.

Works

  • The Forum at Pompeii, 1834, canvas, 33 × 50 cm.Oslo, Private Coll.
  • The Grindelwald Glacier, 1838, canvas, 158 × 195 cm.Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • The painter and the boy, 1834, paper, 27 × 37 cm.Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • The church of Patterdale, 1837, paper, 36 × 39 cm.Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • The Slindebirke, 1839, canvas, 54 × 65 cm.Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • Grindelwald, 1835, paper, 28 × 34 cm.Bergen ECR Rasmus Meyer.
  • Labrofossen, 1837, canvas, 151 × 225 cm.Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • The Meiringen, 1835, paper, 26 × 37 cm.Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
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