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Skiers at the Top of a Snow-covered Hill
Frits Thaulow (Norwegian, 1847–1906)
1894
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
52.7 x 98.4 cm (20 3/4 x 38 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number1978.681
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Brother-in-law of Paul Gauguin and cousin of Edvard Munch, Thaulow merged the pure colors and plein-air technique of French Impressionism with his early training as a realist marine painter. Although celebrated in his native Norway, Thaulow spent much of his life in France. He encouraged his friend Claude Monet to visit Norway, where the two artists painted snowy landscapes together in the winter of 1895.
InscriptionsLower left: Frits Thaulow 94
ProvenanceProbably Horatio Appleton Lamb (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; probably by descent to his daughters, Aimée Lamb (b. 1893 - d. 1989) and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 - d. 1989), Boston; 1978, gift of Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1979)
NOTES:
[1] Horatio Appleton Lamb was a Boston collector who left many works of art to his daughters, Aimée and Rosamond Lamb. While it has not been established when or how he acquired this painting, he purchased a pastel by Thaulow in Paris in 1891 (MFA accession no. 1972.980), and he may have acquired this around the same time.
NOTES:
[1] Horatio Appleton Lamb was a Boston collector who left many works of art to his daughters, Aimée and Rosamond Lamb. While it has not been established when or how he acquired this painting, he purchased a pastel by Thaulow in Paris in 1891 (MFA accession no. 1972.980), and he may have acquired this around the same time.