Thomas of Nathusius

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Thomas von Nathusius, ca.1890

Thomas Engelhard von Nathusius (born September 24, 1866 in Althaldensleben , † August 18, 1904 in Stettin or August 20 in Berlin) was a German landscape and animal painter .

Youth and education

Nathusius was the youngest son of the district administrator and manorial estate owner Heinrich von Nathusius and his wife Louise, nee. Behmer. His grandfather was the wealthy businessman and factory owner Johann Gottlob Nathusius , and a first cousin was the portrait painter Susanne von Nathusius .

He spent his youth on his father's manor Althaldensleben , where he was initially taught by private tutors. He made his Abitur at the boarding school in Roßleben . This was followed by a one-year military service .

From 1886 Nathusius studied at the Grand Ducal Baden Academy of Fine Arts . With a break in 1888 and 1889, he was there until 1892.

Working life

Black mare "Mongolin" (by Marsworth from Moldau), born. 1886 in Trakehnen , painted around 1895

As a painter, he focused on realistic depictions of animals, especially horses. He worked several times with his brother Simon von Nathusius , an animal breeding professor at the University of Halle (Saale) , on the illustration of his works.

On July 9, 1895, Nathusius married a second-degree niece, the writer Annemarie von Nathusius, with whom he lived in Berlin. The marriage remained childless and was divorced shortly before his death.

Nathusius died in 1904 in the Bethanien Deaconess Hospital in Stettin from a serious illness from which he had suffered since 1900. His grave is in the Nathusius family cemetery in Althaldensleben.

Participation as an illustrator (selection)

  • Simon von Nathusius: Atlas of the races and forms of our domestic animals. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1904.
    • Volume 1: The horse breeds.
    • Volume 2: The Cattle Breeds.
    • Volume 3: The pig breeds, the sheep breeds, the goat breeds.
    • Volume 4: Differences in forms, caused by variability, intended use, rearing, age, sex, etc.

literature

  • Elsbeth von Nathusius: Memories of Johanne Nathusius. Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle (Saale) 1907.
  • Lilly von Nathusius: Thomas von Nathusius. In: Johann Gottlob Nathusius and his descendants and his nephew Moritz Nathusius with his descendants (family chronicle), Detmold 1964, p. 212 f.
  • Nathusius, Thomas von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 354 .

Web links

Commons : Thomas von Nathusius  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Works (Thomas von Nathusius)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Wolfgang Ollrog (arrangement): Johann Christoph Gatterer, the founder of scientific genealogy. In: Archives for kin research and all related areas with practical research assistance. 47th year, issue 81/82 (February 1981), CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1981, No. 3, 4, 7, and 12, p. 58 (also referred to as a painter).
  2. ↑ Nathusius, Thomas von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 354 .
  3. ^ Staff and Atelier News - Died . In: The art. Monthly magazine for fine and applied arts . tape 11 . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1905, p. 22 , right column ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): "In the Bethanien hospital near Berlin on August 20 the painter Thomas von Nathusius, formerly in Munich"
  4. ^ Directory of students. In: Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Foundation of the Grand Ducal Baden Academy of Fine Arts. Braun, Karlsruhe 1904, p. 165 (No. 641, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Simon von Nathusius: The horse races. Atlas of the breeds and forms of our pets. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1904.
  6. ↑ Petra Budke , Jutta Schulze: Writers in Berlin 1871-1945. A lexicon on life and work. The other look. Women's Studies in Science and Art. Orlanda Frauenverlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-929823-22-5 , p. 407.
personal data
SURNAME Nathusius, Thomas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nathusius, Thomas Engelhard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and animal painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Althaldensleben
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1904
Place of death Szczecin or Berlin