signed, inscribed and dated lower right: ‘30 aug 34 / TF’, oil on paper, laid down on canvas
278 x 401 mm.
Provenance
Private collection, Norway
Literature
S. Willoch, ‘Thomas Fearnley’, Norsk Kunstnerleksikon, Oslo, 1981, pp. 620-6
During a three-year stay in Italy Fearnley devoted part of the summers of 1833 and 1834 to painting the coast of the Sorrento peninsular. This small and vibrant sketch is characteristic of his work there, with the steep cliffs and fishermen on the shoreline. It is an exuberant response to the hot Mediterranean light, so different from his native Norway.
