Hans Thoma
(1839–1924) tysk målare
Hans Thoma (1839–1924) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Hans Thoma belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Hans Thoma was born in Bernau im Schwarzwald and died in Karlsruhe. Hans Thoma trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. Hans Thoma studied under Hans Gude. Hans Thoma worked in Karlsruhe. Wikidata associates Hans Thoma with Symbolism. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
The best-known works include ‘Mother and Child in a Garden’, ‘Hercules delivering Hesione’, ‘Siesta’, and ‘Der Hüter des Tales’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 181 works by Hans Thoma with free images. The dated works span the years 1858–1919. Works by Hans Thoma are held by several collections, among them Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Alte Nationalgalerie, National Museum in Warsaw, and Art collection of the Federal Republic of Germany. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic, Gustav Mützel, Alfred Sisley, Fredrik Ahlstedt, and Osman Nuri Pasha.