Thomas Fearnley (Norwegian, 1802–1842)

DecThomas Fearnley was born in Norway on December 27, 1802, and died on January 16, 1842, at the age of 39.¹

In the autumn of 1823, Fearnley left Copenhagen for Stockholm to complete a painting commissioned by Crown Prince Oscar of Norway and Sweden.¹

View of Stockholm, from Kungsholmen (1827) is one of his early works.¹

During a study trip to London in 1837, Fearnley painted J. M. W. Turner painting.¹

Labrofossen (1837) is one of his notable works in the collection of the National Gallery in Oslo.¹

JulIn the summer of 1839, he went on a study tour to the Sognefjord and Hardangerfjord with the German painter Andreas Achenbach.¹

In 1840, he married Cecilia Catharine Andresen, the daughter of his benefactor, banker Nicolai Andresen.¹