RT Journal
A1 Torpy JM
T1 MElting snow
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD March 24
VO 303
IS 12
SP 1123
OP 1123
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.182
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.182
AB 
As winter's chill fades in early spring, the thaw turns trickles of water into thundering streams. Snowbanks recede, tiny buds begin their swell, and the sun's changing angle bestows increments of warmth, welcomed by all. In late 19th-century Norway, (Johan Fredrik) Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) painted a perfect example of the season's transition in Melting Snow (cover). The Lysaker River, which slices its silver swath to the west of Oslo, sinuously slips across Thaulow's canvas in one of several scenes he executed near the Grini farm in Baerum. Best described as a Realist painter, the Norwegian native—who passed examinations to practice as a pharmacist, like his successful father—eventually had a typical art education for the time, beginning in Copenhagen, then in Germany, and continuing in Paris. His eclectic life led him around the world, where he painted, first in oil, and later—after 1880—in pastel. River scenes such as Melting Snow, also known as Thawing Ice, captivated Thaulow, who began his career as a marine artist. He painted riparian views of the Seine and other French rivers, Dutch waterways, the canals of Venice, and even the Delaware River, during one of several visits to the United States.