Peder Cappelen Thurmann (18 March 1839,

Halden Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish muni ...

- 21 May 1919, Christiania) was a Norwegian landscape painter; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule.

Life and work

He was the son of pastor, Carl Fredrik Thurmann, and his wife, Ottilia Christine née Ottesen. Later, he became the brother-in-law of the missionary bishop, . In 1854, he began attending the Royal Drawing School in Christiania, where he studied under

Joachim Frich Joachim Christian Geelmuyden Gyldenkrantz Frich (24 July 1810 - 29 January 1858) was a Norwegian landscape painter. He was associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting (''Düsseldorf-skolen''). Biography Joachim Frich was from Bergen, Norw ...

. After that, he went to

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

, as did most of the Norwegian artists of his time. He was enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1856 to 1859. There, he studied with Joseph Wintergerst and

Hans Fredrik Gude Hans Fredrik Gude (March 13, 1825August 17, 1903) was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Roma ...

Bettina Baumgärtel Bettina Baumgärtel (born 1957) is a German art historian who is head of the painting collection of the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf. She is a leading authority on the art of Angelica Kauffman and founded the Angelika Kauffmann Research Projec ...

, Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: ''Verzeichnis der ausländischen Künstler und Künstlerinnen. Nationalität, Aufenthalt und Studium in Düsseldorf''. In

(ed.): ''Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule und ihre internationale Ausstrahlung 1819–1918''.

Michael Imhof Verlag Michael Imhof Verlag is a German publishing company in Petersberg, Hesse. They are known especially for publishing books with a local interest, on art, on history, politics, religion, nature, and culture Culture () is an umbrella term which ...

, Petersberg 2011, , Vol.1, pg.441 He then spent several years in Munich; taking study trips to

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and Italy. He married Anna Maria Catharina Enzinger (1842–1925), and they had eight children. After returning to Christiania in 1869, he became a teacher of freehand drawing at the Royal Drawing School. From 1873 to 1875, he replaced

Morten Müller Morten Müller (13 February 1828 – 10 February 1911) was a Norway, Norwegian Landscape painting, landscape painter. Biography Morten Müller was born by the Oslofjord, Christianiafjord at Holmestrand, in Vestfold County, Norway. Morten Müll ...

at the private drawing school founded by

Johan Fredrik Eckersberg Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (16 June 1822 – 13 July 1870) was a Norwegian painter most noted for his landscapes. Eckersberg was a prominent figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in 19th-century Norwegian art, both as an artistic p ...

. He was senior teacher at the Royal school from 1884 to 1912. During this time, he also travelled extensively; visiting Austria, Italy, Denmark and Germany. Hans Heyerdahl was one of his best known students.

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More works by Thurmann
@ ArtNet
''Peder Cappelen Thurmann''
Biography @ the Norsk Kunstnerleksikon
''Peder Cappelen Thurmann''
genealogical data @ Vestraat {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurmann, Peder Cappelen 1839 births 1919 deaths Norwegian painters Norwegian landscape painters Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni People from Halden Norwegian expatriates in Germany

Life and work

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