About Thomas Luraas
Lived 1799 – 1886 (aged 86–87). Thomas Luraas was a Norwegian painter, rosemaler and rosemaling.
Thomas Luraas (1799–6 June 1886) was a Norwegian rose painter and clarinetist.
He was born in the Tinn prestegjeld in Telemark, Norway. He was the son of farmer Øystein Gunnulfson Ingulvsland and Birgit Knutsdotter Mellomgarden Luraas, and was the brother of Hardanger fiddler Knut Luraas. He was regarded among the most prominent painters of his time in the Rosemaling tradition of Telemark. Among his most important decorative works are paintings of the interior at Suigard Juvland in Rauland from 1832, at Gunvaldjord in Haukeli from 1840, and at Lønndalen in Tuddal from 1849.
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Who was Thomas Luraas?
painter and musician (1799-1886)
When was Thomas Luraas born?
Thomas Luraas was born in 1799 in Tinn.
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Thomas Luraas died in 1886.
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Thomas Luraas was a painter, rosemaler and rosemaling.
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Thomas Luraas was Norwegian.
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