Hans Thoma (1839 - 1924) was born in the Black Forest as the son of a trained miller. He began some apprenticeships, first as a lithographer and later as a clock shield painter, but broke them both off prematurely. He learned the basics of painting and finally joined the Karlsruhe Academy in 1859. He studied under the tutelage of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Ludwig Des Coudres. Des Coudres had the greatest influence on his career. After his graduation in 1866 Thoma moved through different cities, such as Basel, Düsseldorf and Paris. During his time in Paris he was particularly impressed by the paintings of Gustave Courbets.
During his wandering years, Thoma's works were only marked by mediocre success. It was only in Munich, then the art capital of Germany, that Thoma was able to establish his reputation as a painter nationwide with an exhibition of around 30 paintings in 1890. In Munich he also met his wife, the painter Cella Berteneder. In his painting "Auf einer Waldwiese" she stood model for her husband. The peak of his career finally came in 1899, when Thoma was able to move into an apartment next to the cemetery together with his family. For Thoma, this was final proof that his work was recognized as a painter. In the same year he was also appointed professor at the Karlsruhe School of Art. The death of his wife in 1901 hit Thoma hard, whereupon he suffered from depressions for years.
Thoma had many friends in painting circles, such as Wilhelm Steinhausen, with whom he lived next door for a while, or Otto Scholderer. At that time Thoma travelled to Paris with Scholderer. Although Thoma studied with various masters, his works showed few modern influences. Many of his paintings show landscapes and idyllic scenes, which are influenced by his early impressions from his home region. These include works such as "Der Rhein bei Säckingen", "Schwarzwaldlandschaft" or "Sommer". Thoma made many portraits of his close friends and family members. Equally convincing are the numerous portraits of his close friends. family members and his self-portraits. Among his weakest and worst rated pictures are the mythological-religious motifs such as "Eight dancing women in bird bodies" or "Temptation on the mountain". They are generally felt to be overdrawn and are stylistically reminiscent of the works of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin.
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.jpg "Summer, 1872 by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Loneliness, 1906. by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Woodland Meadow, 1876 by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-377178).jpg "Wondrous Birds, 1892 by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sister Agathe by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "After School. Beginnings of Art by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Lonely Ride by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Black Forest Landscape by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Icarus by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Triton and Nereid, 1895 by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Nude of a walking man in profile, with a repetition of his head in the upper right corner by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1712616).jpg "Study of the figure of Christ (recto and verso) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Study of a Female Figure Floating above the Ground; verso, repetition of the composition in outline by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Portrait of a young girl with her hands on the table, shown to the waist by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1710344).jpg "The Wanderer (Master Print) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Study of an Old Bearded Man in a Hat by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Self Portrait by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Still Life with a Bunch of Flowers and a Bible, 1872 by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "View of the Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker on the Hill in Gardone Riviera on Lake Garda, Lombardy, with a Border of Olive Branch Motifs at the Bottom by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Landscape with Sower, a Lake with an Island in the Background by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "View of St. Blasien with the dome of the cathedral in the distance by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Stream Bank with Bushes and Grasses by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Artist")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1709057).jpg "January (Ice King) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "View of Rocks and Mountain Ridges by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Head Study of a Young Black Man by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1706795).jpg "November (the Rain Gods) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Drawing for the Primer: Squirrel by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Girl on the Arbor of a Farmhouse by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Drawing for the Primer: Pig by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Boulders with Fir Trunks by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Mars as Ruler of the Year. Designs for")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1707507).jpg "December (Wotan with Wolves) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Saint George the Knight by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Entrance to a Black Forest House by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1709614).jpg "July (The Thunder God Thor) by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1711769).jpg "March (the Wind Gods) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Black Forest Landscape: View from the Edge of the Forest to the Mountains by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1707046).jpg "June (Youth with Rose) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Meadow, Farmhouse in the Background by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Drawing for the Primer: Ear of Corn by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Lonely Boat by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Christ Presented to the Knees in a Standing Position, En Face by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Cover Design for \"Eternal Calendar in Pictures\" by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Paradise with Peacock by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Christ Praying on the Mount of Olives by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1710510).jpg "Venus (Freya) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Three Kings by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Main Landscape by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Happach by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Evening Star by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Forest Interior by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Mermen by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Rock Blocks with Small Firs by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Marsh on the Rhine by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Church in Schönenberg by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Neapolitan Girl by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Study of a Young Italian Woman by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Villa Borghese by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Christ Praying in the Garden of Gethsemane by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Daniel in the Lion")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Christ on the Mount of Olives by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Landscape near Ermatingen by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Artist")
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.jpg "Main Landscape by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The War by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Adam and Eve by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Corner of a Room in a Farmhouse by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Apollo and Marsyas by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Self-portrait in Front of a Birch Wood by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Male Nude by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Rhine at Laufenburg by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Summer Morning in the Bernau Valley by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Mary as Queen of Heaven by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1709936).jpg "Portrait of a Girl (Ella with Straw Hat) by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Blössling near Bernau by Hans Thoma")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1125476).jpg "Black Forest Firs by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Son of Ludwig Thoma by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "In the Sunshine by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Celebrated Pan by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Grasses at the Edge of the Stream by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Fairy Tale - Knight by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Teacher by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "The Artist with his Wife Bonicella by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Mars by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "A Villa on the Outskirts of Florence by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Christmas Triptych: Annunciation to the Shepherds by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Cloud of Angels by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Angelic Pieta by Hans Thoma")
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.jpg "Paradise with peacock by Hans Thoma")
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