Artist

Thomas Fearnley

Portrait of Thomas Fearnley

Norwegian, 1802–1842

Thomas Fearnley was a Norwegian Romanticism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Nationalmuseum. Thomas Fearnley was born in Halden.

Thomas Fearnley was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting. His son Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927) founded the Fearnley dynasty of shipping magnates.

Collections represented

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