Otto von Thoren
Karl Kasimir Otto Ritter von Thoren (born July 21, 1828 in Vienna , † July 15, 1889 in Paris ) was an Austrian officer and painter .
Life
Thoren was the son of Colonel Franz Kasimir Ritter von Thoren and his wife Konstanze Maria (née Lachmann). He became an officer in 1846 and took part in the Hungarian campaign in 1848 . He then stayed for a long time in Venice , where he was employed as an adjutant to the military and civil governor Ludwig Gorzkowski . After turning to painting in 1857, he studied for several years in Brussels and Paris.
In the mid-1860s he was commissioned to paint an equestrian portrait of Emperor Franz Josef in Vienna. After he had painted the death of Gustav Adolf , a popular motif for history painters, he turned to animal painting , especially the depiction of grazing cattle. The paintings he created can be found in the Army History Museum in Vienna. He died in Paris and was buried in the Montmartre cemetery.
Works (selection)
- Hungarian oxen, driven against the wind back home ,
- Farming oxen ,
- Ploughman from Normandy ,
- The approaching Wolf ,
- Group of oxen at sunset .
- Import of hay when thunderstorm is approaching , oil on canvas
- Feeding the pack after the par force hunt , oil on canvas
literature
- Thoren, Otto von . 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, p. 84-85 .
- Thoren, (Karl Kasimir) Otto Ritter von (1828–1889), painter and officer. In: Eva Obermayer-Marnach (Hrsg.): Austrian Biographical Lexicon . Volume 14, 65. Delivery: Télfy Iván - Töply Robert. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-7001-7660-2 , p. 309 f. doi: 10.1553 / 0x0031111f .
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Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Thoren, Otto von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thoren, Karl Kasimir Otto Ritter von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian officer and painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1828 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austrian Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1889 |
Place of death | Paris , France |