Oluf Wold-Torne - Landscape from Holmsbu - Innseilingen til de lykkelige øyer - IMG 9705q (cropped)

Oluf Wold-Torne (1867–1919) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator, educator and designer. He was known primarily for landscapes and still-lifes and was influenced by Cézanne. He was born in Son (now Vestby), Norway. He was the son of Oluf Emil Wold (1826–67) and Marie Therese Ottesen (1838–193). His father had been in the timber business, but went bankrupt and died before he was born. In 1869 his mother married merchant Søren Thorne (1817-1900).