Karl Gustav Adolf Thomas
Karl Gustav Adolf Thomas (born September 28, 1834 in Zittau , † January 16, 1887 in Dresden ) was a German landscape painter.
Life
Karl Gustav Adolf Thomas was the son of a master carpenter. From 1859 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Ludwig Richter .
In 1863 he was awarded a medal. Thanks to a scholarship received in 1864, he went on a study trip to Upper Bavaria and Tyrol . He then continued his studies in Munich with Adolf Lier and Friedrich Voltz .
Returning to Dresden he devoted himself to landscape painting. In the new theater in Dresden Thomas painted a landscape from Goethe's “ Götz von Berlichingen ” in the stairwell . Around 1873 he painted the picture cycle "Amor und Psyche", now in the Zittau City Museum. 1876/77 Design and execution of four lunettes in the Dresden court theater (side of the kennel: Nathan and Götz von Berlichingen , side of the Elbe: Iphigenie and Eurydice ).
In the period from 1866 to 1881 Thomas often visited the Brannenburg artists' colony .
In 1884 Thomas was appointed professor for landscape painting at the "Academy for Drawing, Painting and Modeling" founded by David Simonson in Dresden.
literature
- Hermann Arthur Lier : Necrologist. In: Kunstchronik , 1886/87. 22, pp. 308-309. ( Digitized version )
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Thomas, Karl Gustav Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 91.
- Thomas, Carl Gustav Adolf. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, pp. 885-887 ( archive.org ).
- Thomas, Carl Gustav Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939.
- Adolf Thomas on his 150th birthday, 1834–1887. City Museum Zittau 1984
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Karl Gustav Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomas, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1887 |
| Place of death | Dresden |