Torger Thompson Farm
- Date Unknown
- Place of Origin United States
- Creator Lars Haukaness
The painting is of the Torger Thompson farm, which was located between Cambridge and Deerfield, Wisconsin in Dane County.
Lars Jonson Haukaness was born in Hordaland, Norway in 1863. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art from 1882 to 1885. He emigrated to Chicago in 1888. In 1902, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin and later moved to Spring Grove, Minnesota where he made a living as a portrait and landscape painter. In 1909, Haukaness moved back to Norway. Four years later, he returned to the United States. Haukaness then moved to Canada in 1921 where he lived until he died in 1929.
- Materials Oil on canvas
- Dimensions height: 25.5 inches; width: 58 inches
- Identifier / Source LC3026 - Gift of Noel G. Fadness, Luther College Collection