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Hans Thoma

Hans Thoma was a German painter. He was born on 2 October 1839 in Bernau, Grand Duchy of Baden, in the Black Forest, Germany. He was the son of a miller and was trained in the basics of painting by a painter of clock faces. He entered the Karlsruhe Academy in 1859, where he studied under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Ludwig des Coudres – the latter of which had a major influence on his career.

Thoma also studied under Hans Gude, but rebelled against Gude's realism. He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Düsseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfurt, until his reputation became firmly established as the result of an exhibition of some thirty of his paintings in Munich. He died in Karlsruhe in 1924 at the age of 85.

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 Albrecht Altdorfer and Lucas Cranach the Elder. In his love of the details of nature, in his precise drawing of outline, and in his predilection for local coloring, he has distinct affinities with the Pre-Raphaelites.

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Wotan as Wayfarer

Wotan as Wayfarer (ca. 1876)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Studies of a dachshund

Studies of a dachshund (1885)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Young Man with a Chalice in His Hand Lying on a Fish, with a Nereid in the Background on the Right

Young Man with a Chalice in His Hand Lying on a Fish, with a Nereid in the Background on the Right (1890-1900)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Study of a Woman Knitting in an Armchair

Study of a Woman Knitting in an Armchair (1865 - 1924)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Study of Ivy Climbing Up the Wall

Study of Ivy Climbing Up the Wall (1920)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Landscape from the Surroundings of Bernau in the Black Forest

Landscape from the Surroundings of Bernau in the Black Forest (1890 - 1900)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Otto Küchler auf dem Totenbett, von rechts

Otto Küchler auf dem Totenbett, von rechts (1896)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Walking Man in a Hat and Long Jacket, with a Stick over the Shoulder

Walking Man in a Hat and Long Jacket, with a Stick over the Shoulder (1886)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Allegory of December

Allegory of December (1880 - 1900)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Two studies of men in loose shirts and hats depicted from the back

Two studies of men in loose shirts and hats depicted from the back (1880 - 1900)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Ostertriptychon; Auferstehung Christi

Ostertriptychon; Auferstehung Christi (1907)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Hagen. Brustbild

Hagen. Brustbild (1897)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
View of a Mediaeval castle in Mainberg, near Schweinfurt

View of a Mediaeval castle in Mainberg, near Schweinfurt (1874)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
The Rhinemaidens and Alberich

The Rhinemaidens and Alberich (ca 1878)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
Head study of a young black man

Head study of a young black man (1880)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839-1924)
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