The European Art Sale
The European Art Sale
Property of a Lady
Frits Thaulow
On the Banks of a River
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Property of a Lady
Frits Thaulow
Norwegian
1847 - 1906
On the Banks of a River
signed Frits Thaulow (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 by 36 ½ in.; 66 by 92.7 cm.
framed: 34 by 44 ¾ in.; 86.3 by 113.6 cm.
J. Horace Harding, New York;
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, December 13, 1945, lot 42, illustrated;
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, February 22, 1989, lot 198, illustrated
Painted around 1895, On the Banks of a River was conceived during Thaulow's sojourn in Dieppe from 1894 to 1898. His river paintings from this period were generally of the Arques River or of smaller rivers around the area. A possibility still exists that the subject could be from the Montreuil-sur-Mer period, dating from 1892 to 1894.
Another very similar composition was used as an illustration in the article in The Studio, London, written by Gabriel Mourey, in June 1897, p. 8 in Vol 11, titled Les Saules.
We are grateful to Mr. Vidar Poulsson for confirming the authenticity of this work based on photographs and for providing additional cataloguing information.