Fall Snow, Frederiksborg (1883)

Niss, Thorvald Simon (1842 - 1905)

Fall Snow, Frederiksborg

Oil on Canvas: 62" x 86"
Catalog# NIST-001

Niss, Thorvald Simon: (1842-1905)

  • Born May 7, 1842 in Assens DK, son of Niels Frederik Niss, mother unknown

Education:

  • Studied under his father as an artist
  • 1861-1869 & 1874 - Royal Danish Academy of Art
  • Late 1970’s - Studied under Otto Bache
  • 1885-86 & 1892 - Studied in Italy and Greece
  • 1889 - Studied in Paris

Exhibits:

  • 1870-1905 - Charlottenborg Palace, DK
  • 1882 - Vienna
  • 1889 - Paris
  • 1893 - Chicago
  • 1895 - Venice
  • 1900 - Paris
  • 1907 - London
  • 1910-11 - Berlin

Awards:

  • 1882 - Award in Vienna
  • 1900 - Awarded Silver Medal in Paris

*Thorvald Niss began his career painting at the Royal Porcelain factory in DK. His passionate depictions of nature and marine life is what made him a world renown artist.

A painter of the Danish school, Niss most typically executed water scenes and landscapes. He was a student of the painter Otto Bache (1839-1927) at the Academy of Copenhagen. He exhibited his pieces in various locales, including Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna and Paris. In 1882, he was awarded a gold medal in Vienna, followed by medals in Paris at the Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900.