Career
In 1722, he presented his paintings for the first time during a carnival held at the Zwinger Palace. After Flemming"s death in 1728, Thiele returned to Arnstadt. In 1729, he became court painter to Günther XLIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, but he also worked for the courts in Braunschweig and Kassel.
In 1738, he was named court painter for King Augustus III of Poland and, in 1740, acquired the patronage of Heinrich von Brühl.
During this period, he received 1000 Thalers and free lodging for creating four landscape views of the Eastern Ore Mountains and Mount Oybin in the Zittau Mountains, as well as some of the first paintings of the Lößnitz region. After completing his commission, in 1743, he remarried and was awarded the title of "Hofkommissar" (Court Inspector).
Six years later, he commissioned to do another series of landscapes. This time of Mecklenburg, under the direction of Duke Christian Ludwig World War II Three years after his death, the art historian and collector Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn wrote his biography (although it appears to be unavailable at present).