Thorolf Holmboe (10 May 18668 March 1935) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and designer.

Biography

He was born in Vefsn, in

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county, Norway as the oldest son of Othar Ervigius Holmboe and his wife Sofie Birgitte Andrea Hall. He had one brother, Othar, who also became a painter. His grandfather was Michael Wide Holmboe, son of bailiff Jens Holmboe and brother of politicians

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, Leonhard and

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. In addition, he was the nephew of Jens Holmboe, cousin of

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, and brother-in-law of Jappe Nilssen. He studied under Hans Gude in

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between 1886 and 1887 and

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between 1889 and 1891. He was inspired by many different styles at different points in his career, including Naturalism, Neo-romanticism,

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and

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. He is represented with thirteen works in the

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. Thorolf Holmboe was appointed a Knight of the 1st Class of

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in 1900. He was awarded the

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-medaljen by Nordlendingenes Forening in

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during the association's 50th anniversary in 1912. Nordlendingenes Forening is an association of former residents who had relocated from the counties of

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and

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

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. ''Petter Dass Medaljen'' (Nordlendingenes Forening)
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References

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