THOMA, Hans (b. 1839, Bernau, d. 1924, Karlsruhe) |
Summer1872Oil on canvas, 76 x 104 cm Nationalgalerie, Berlin | |
During his stay in Paris, Thoma became friends with Arnold Böcklin, whose most carefree art, as in his Campagna Landscape, is seen again in Thoma's Summer of 1872. A cascading brook meanders through a field of wildflowers with music-making lovers at the lower left. |