Hans Thoma

Background

He was born in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany, on October 2, 1839.

Education

Having started life as a painter of clock-faces, he entered in 1859 the Carlsruhe academy, where he studied under Schirmer and Des Coudres.

Career

He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Diisseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfort, until his reputation became firmly established as the result of an exhibition of some thirty of his paintings in Munich. In spite of his studies under various masters, his art has little in common with modern ideas, and is formed partly by his early impressions of the simple idyllic life of his native district, partly by his sympathy with the early German masters - particularly with Altdorfer and Cranach. In his love of the details of nature, in his precise (though by no means faultless) drawing of outline, and in his predilection for local colouring, he has distinct affinities with the pre-Raphaelites. Many of his pictures have found their way into two private collections in Liverpool. A portrait of the artist, and two subject pictures, "The Guardian of the Valley" and "Spring Idyll, " are at the Dresden Gallery; "Eve in Paradise" and "The Open Valley" at the Frankfort Museum. Other important pictures of his are " Paradise, " " Christ and Nicodemus, " "The Flight into Egypt, " "Charon, " "Pieta, " " Adam and Eve, " " Solitude, " " Tritons, " besides many landscapes and portraits. He has also produced numerous lithographs and pen drawings, and some decorative mural paintings, notably in a cafe at Frankfort, and in the music room of Mr Pringsheimer's house in Munich.

Achievements

• His best-known pictures are "The Guardian of the Valley", "Spring Idyll", "Eve in Paradise" and some other.

Works

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  • The Museum Outlet - In the sunshine by Hans Thoma, Stretched Canvas Gallery Wrapped. 20x28"

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  • The Museum Outlet - Adam and Eve by Hans Thoma, Stretched Canvas Gallery Wrapped. 20x28"

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  • The Museum Outlet - Kindergarden by Hans Thoma, Stretched Canvas Gallery Wrapped. 11.7x16.5"

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  • Imagekind Wall Art Print entitled Hans Thoma (Bernau 1839-1924 Karlsruhe) The Rhi by Celestial Images | 10 x 7

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  • Hans (1839-1924) Thoma Premium Thick-Wrap Canvas Wall Art Print entitled Woodland Meadow, 1876 16"x20"

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  • Imagekind Wall Art Print entitled Hans Thoma, Temptation On The Mount by Celestial Images | 17 x 32

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  • Wall Art Print entitled Hans Thoma, Sommeridyll, 1893 by Celestial Images | 32 x 22

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  • Canvas Art Framed 'Singing in the Garden' by Hans Thoma

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  • Framed Art Print 'Couple among Summer Meadow, 1872' by Hans Thoma

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References

• Hans Thoma: 71 Masterpieces (Annotated Masterpieces Book 152)