Fisherman

This drawing of a fisherman in his wooden boat is a typical everyday scene from Norway in the 19th century.

Thorolf Holmboe was born in Vefsn in Northern Norway and moved with his family to Tromsø further north at the age of 10. His father ran an art gallery and founded the Tromsø Art Society. He was a student of the Norwegian painter legend Hans Gude in Berlin. He later lived and worked in both Paris and Oslo.