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Hans Thoma

223 works

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Painting of white-robed figures in a green wooded landscape, a lute player in front, climbing steps toward a domed building.

Ostertriptychon: Gefilde der Seligen (Das Paradies)

1907

Painting of a smiling sun face surrounded by playful cherubs holding flowers, with a crown above and the word Sonne below.

Die Sonne

1906

Pale moon-like face with closed eyes beneath a glowing zodiac crown in dark swirling clouds, titled Der Mond.

Der Mond

1906

Mars

1906

Merkur

1906

Painting of a stern bearded man holding blue lightning bolts, with an eagle and inscribed band above him against blue sky.

Jupiter (Donar)

1906

Painting of a woman with a flower wreath beside a white dove, pink roses, a golden heart crown and the word VENUS in the corn

Venus (Freya)

1906

Painting of bearded old man Saturn with three cherubs holding green ribbons, under a zodiac crown and a golden ringed planet

Saturn

1906

Painting of a man and woman shaking hands before a large pale female head in a gold crown and green robe marked ERDE.

Die Erde

1906

Painting of the Nativity: Mary kneels beside the infant in a manger under a glowing light, with angels and a bearded God abov

Weihnachtstriptychon: Anbetung des Kindes

1906

Painting of a bearded old man in a golden crown and white green-edged robe holding a sceptre, standing on white cloud.

Januar (Eiskönig)

1906

Seated woman in white headscarf and gown, arms outstretched, surrounded by falling white flecks on a brown ground.

Februar (Frau Holle)

1906

Painting of two wind gods on clouds with a winged child and a heron flying across a blue sky.

März (die Windgötter)

1906

Painting of a goddess holding a mirror with cherubs on clouds, an old bearded man at left, and a rainbow overhead.

April (die Frühlingsgöttin blendet den Winter)

1906

Two nude youths in a blue sky: one plays a flute on a cloud, the other lifts a pink-ribboned garland of flowers.

Mai (zwei Jugendliche Genien mit Blumen)

1906

The War

1907

Nude young man kneeling on a cloud in a blue sky, reaching down to hold a pink rose.

Juni (Jüngling mit Rose)

1906

Nude man raising an axe as lightning strikes the ground beneath him under a stormy sky.

Juli (der Donnergott Thor)

1906

Two figures, a youth with a blue flower wreath and a young woman in blue drapery, dance joined hands through a swirling blue

August (Erntetanz)

1906

Golden-armored winged figure holding a sword and scales, standing on a green dragon under a blue sky.

September (St. Michael als Seelenwäger)

1906

Painting of a draped woman with an ivy wreath holding grapes and a staff, beside a piping satyr on a cloud.

Oktober (Weingötter)

1906

Dark painting of a procession of riders and a camel on a ridge under a red horizon, with a glowing angel above.

Weihnachtstriptychon: Zug der Heiligen 3 Könige

1906

Two nude men pour water from buckets in a misty rain, with faint faces appearing in the grey sky behind them.

November (die Regengötter)

1906

Bearded old man in blue cloak with staff and two wolves beneath a crescent moon, painted in muted brown tones.

Dezember (Wotan mit Wölfen)

1906

Hans Thoma's 1907 painting: Holy Family resting in a spring meadow beneath a row of playing cherubs in a blue sky.

Ruhe auf der Flucht

1907

Painting of a robed bearded figure on a cliff beside a crowned figure in gold pointing up at clouds over mountains.

Versuchung Christi

1908

Painting of a robed Christ figure with open arms teaching a crowd on a rocky ledge, with a bridge and hilltop town behind.

Christus als Lehrer

1908

Dark painting of a robed man kneeling in prayer on a rock, with sleeping figures below and a bare tree at left.

Christus am Ölberg

1907

Painting of the crucifixion of Christ with mourning figures at the foot of the cross under a dark cloudy sky.

Kreuzigung Christi

1907

Tall painting of a fiery hell with falling nude figures, a horned demon, and a crowd of men with a scythe and spear.

Ostertriptychon: Die Hölle

1907

Painting of rocks and stones half-hidden in dense green grass and undergrowth, with a stone ledge at the top.

Steine im Gras

1860

Painting of a stony dirt path winding past boulders on a grassy slope toward a dark conifer forest under clouds.

Steiniger Weg am Waldrand

1861