Thomas Fearnley

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Portrait of Thomas Fearnley, drawn by Leopold Pollak , Rome around 1834
Self portrait

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

Thomas Fearnley, whose grandfather came from Yorkshire, was educated at the Christiania Art School and from 1821 at the Copenhagen Academy. A prospectus from Copenhagen won him the favor of the Crown Prince (later King) Oskar . From Stockholm , where Fearnley stayed from 1823 to 1827 to complete his studies, he traveled through Norway and Sweden, then spent a year and a half in Dresden from 1829-30 , practicing his art there under Johan Christian Clausen Dahl's direction, and stayed there for a long time in Salzburg and Munich.

Several of his best landscapes date from that time; B. the view of the Marumelf, the Jostedalsgletscher , a duck hunt on the Koenigssee etc. In 1832 Fearnley went to Italy to stay here for three years until he turned to Switzerland in 1835 , where he mainly focused on the representation of the Glacier tried, and then went to Paris, and from here returned to his homeland via the Netherlands and London . Here Romsdalen, with its peculiar nature, became the subject of his studies. His larger works include: the Romsdalhorn , the Labrofall near Kongsberg , the Grindelwald glacier , a section from Vindhellen , Gudvangen and Sorrento . After traveling again to England , Switzerland and Holland , he died on January 16, 1842 in Munich . His tomb is in the grove of honor at Vår Frelsers Cemetery in Oslo.

Works

  • The Forum in Pompeii, around 1834, canvas, 33 × 50 cm, Oslo, private collection.
  • 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 Slinde Birch, 1839, canvas, 54 × 65 cm. Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • Grindelwald, 1835, paper, 28 × 34 cm, Bergen, Rasmus Meyer collection.
  • Labrofossen, 1837, canvas, 151 × 225 cm. Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.
  • Meiringen, 1835, paper, 26 × 37 cm. Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet.

literature

  • Hyacinth Holland :  Fearnley, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 592.
  • Thomas Fearnley 1802–1842 Udstilling af hans arbeider, Christiania Kunstforening, Christiania 1903
  • Sigurd Willoch: Maleren Thomas Fearnley, Oslo 1932
  • Hennig Alsvik: Thomas Fearnleys tegninger, Oslo 1952
  • Sigurd Willoch: "Thomas Fearnley", in: Norsk Kunstnerleksikon , Volume 1, Oslo 1982 pp. 620–628
  • Frode Haverkamp: "Thomas Fearnley i Syd-Italia", in: Landet der sitroner gror, Tromsø 2005

  • Romsdalshorn

  • Grotta De Madre

  • Slinde birch, 1839

  • Grindelwald Glacier, 1838

  • Labrofossen, 1837

Web links

Commons : Thomas Fearnley  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Obituary in the Kunstblatt 1842

personal data
SURNAME Fearnley, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Fredrikshald near Halden (Norway)
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1842
Place of death Munich