Sunday, November 6, 2011

Hans Thoma - Adam and Eve [1897]


Hans Thoma (Bernau, October 2, 1839 - Karlsruhe, November 7, 1924) was a German painter. 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.

[Oil on canvas, 110 x 78.5 cm]

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