Winter (Thaulow)
1886 · Oil on canvas · Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
The whole painting, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Frits Thaulow (1847–1906)
- Year
- 1886
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 62 × 100 cm
- Collection
- Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
- Movement
- Impressionism
A wide field of snow fills the lower half of the picture, crossed by ski tracks and footprints, with a single skier moving up the slope towards a cluster of farmhouses. The houses are white, grey and dusty pink, with frosted birches between them and a wooded hill behind, half lost in winter haze. Frost-covered branches frame the scene at the left. Frits Thaulow painted it in 1886, when he was one of the young Norwegian painters working directly from nature in the open air. The snow is built from many tones of white, blue and violet rather than flat paint. The museum catalogues it simply as Winter (Vinter). It came to the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo in 1977 from the estate of Bergljot and Gustav Skamarken, accepted in place of inheritance tax.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Soft white snow with pale blue tracks, frosted birches and a row of pink and white farmhouses under a grey sky. A calm piece for a hallway or bedroom next to Twachtman's Winter Harmony; a black frame sharpens the pale ground.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1886)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original painting, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
