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Thorolf Holmboe

Thorolf Holmboe (1866 - 1935) was active/lived in Norway, France.  Thorolf Holmboe is known for Luminous marine and landscape painting, decorative arts, textile design.

Thorolf Holmboe  (1866 - 1935)

Thorolf Holmboe was born the 10 May, 1866 in Vefsen, Helgeland, and from the age of six exhibited distinct talent for drawing. In 1886, somewhat before — it must be added in extenuation — that the old regime was completely swept away, he went to Berlin in order to pursue his studies under Hans Gude (see AskART).

After a brief interval passed in Christiania, he turned toward France, studying for awhile in Paris with Leon Bonnat and Fernand Cormon (see both in AskART). A confirmed traveler, and a manifest cosmopolitan in his general attitude toward life and art, Holmboe is nevertheless fundamentally Norwegian in his artistic expression.

He was for a time more or less closely identified with the younger romantic group, and particularly in his illustrations attained heights of decorative romanticism which placed him quite by himself.

Of late his style has considerably broadened and his coloring has become more positive, and   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2956 characters.]  Artist bio

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