Frits Thaulow (Norwegian, 1847-1906)A French village signed 'Frits Thaulow' (lower left)oil on canvas25 1/4 x 32in (64.1 x 81.3cm)注脚Provenancewith Scott & Fowles, New York;with Wunderly Brothers, PittsburghJulian Kennedy, Pittsburgh (acquired early 1900s);By descent to Lucy Kennedy Miller, Pittsburgh;Thence by descent to the present owner. This work belongs to a group of subjects, which the artist painted when he was living in Dieppe in the period 1894-98. The village could be Berneval-le-Grand, which is not far from Dieppe and also visited by other painters and even writers (Oscar Wilde).There is a label for the New York art gallery Scott & Fowles on the reverse of the frame. They were active in the period 1905-1943 (details in Wikipedia), and when they owned it they sent a photograph of the work to the collection of photos and reproductions of the Witt Library in London, stating the size to be 24 x 31 inches.There is one other close variation of the subject put on the market by the artist's widow Alexandra, who arranged Scandinavian exhibitions of her private collection in 1910, and it is illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition in Stockholm and Gothenburg. It was also exhibited in the Public Art Galleries, Brighton, England, in 1913, «Modern Norwegian Artists», No. 67, called A Normandy Village (France), stated to measure 23 x 28 inches and illustrated in the catalog. It lacks the woman walking away in the far distance.We are grateful to Mr. Vidar Poulsson for contributing the present catalogue note and confirming the authenticity of this lot.