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Cella Thoma

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Bonicella (Cella) Thoma née Berteneder (14 April 1858, Landshut[1] or Munich[2]- 23 November 1901- Konstanz) was a painter and wife of the painter Hans Thoma.

Victor Müller: Flower girl 1871, with Cella Berteneder as model

Life

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Cella Thoma came from a family of farmers and craftsmen and had been a model for the painter Victor Müller in his Munich studio since 1869. There she met Hans Thoma; she soon became his model and, a year later, a painting pupil. On 19 June 1877, she married Thoma in Säckingen and moved into a flat with him and his mother and sister Agathe in Frankfurt/Main.[3] As the marriage remained childless and Cella cared for her niece Ella, they adopted her in 1878.[4] Together, the four of them moved to Kronberg im Taunus in 1899, where Thoma became a member of the Malerkolonie there. When Thoma received a call to Karlsruhe in 1901, the flat was given up. Cella only lived in Karlsruhe for a short time, as she succumbed to the consequences of appendicitis while travelling in Constance in the same year.

Hans Thoma, woman with child in a hammock, 1896 (Cella Thoma with niece/adopted daughter Ella; the motif is older than the picture)

Cella Thoma continued to devote herself to art after her marriage and was known as a flower and still life painter. On 23 November 1901, Cella Thoma died in Constance at the age of 43.

Works (selection)

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  • 1875: Alpine roses, oil on paper
  • 1878: Still life with fruit and two glasses, oil on canvas, 30 × 37 cm[4]
  • 1880: Fruit Still Life
  • Still Life with Vegetables and Fruit, oil on paper on wood, 48 × 76 cm[5]
  • Flowering Branches in a Handled Basket
  • Rose Still Life
  • Anemones

Literature

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  • Thoma, Cella. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker, Fred. C. Willis, Hans VollmerHans Vollmer (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. 37 Bände. (1907–1950, Band 1 bis 15 online einsehbar). Wilhelm Engelmann, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig.
  • Joseph August Beringer (1979), Badische Malerei: 1770-1920 (Zeite, im Text überarbeitete und bedeutend erweiterte Auflage), Karlsruhe: Müller, ISBN 978-3-7880-9623-6
  • Christa von Helmolt: Hans Thoma. Spiegelbilder, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-608-76261-2.
  • August Wiederspahn, Helmut Bode (ed.): Die Kronberger Malerkolonie. A contribution to the Frankfurt art history of the 19th century. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-7829-0183-5.

References

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  1. ^ "Thoma, Cella" (in German). Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. ^ "Cella Thoma" (in German). Städelmuseum. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  3. ^ "Der Maler und Schriftsteller Hans Thoma: Lebensstationen". Hans-Thoma-Museum, Bernau im Schwarzwald. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  4. ^ a b (s. u.:) Helmolt, Hans Thoma, S. 106.
  5. ^ "Cella Thoma: Stillleben mit Gemüse und Früchten" (in German). very important lot. Retrieved 2023-05-04.