Paul Thumann
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Friedrich Paul Thumann (5 October 1834, Groß Schacksdorf-Simmersdorf – 19 February 1908, Berlin) was a German illustrator and painter.
Life
He was the son of a teacher. Originally, he intended to take up a career in science and attended the engineering school in
Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School, where he studied under Ferdinand Pauwels
. He became a professor there in 1866.
During the
Chamisso, Heine
and many others. The elegance of his illustrations attracted many admirers but, as time went by, his work became increasingly facile.
He married a woman from the English nobility.[Algernon Swinburne.
In 1893, Thumann exhibited his work Psyche at Nature's Mirror at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago where it got the interest of the management of the White Rock Mineral Water who then purchased the reproduction rights from Thumann to use the image as part of the logo for their mineral water.[2][3]
Illustrations (a selection)
- In: Album deutscher Kunst und Dichtung. Mit Holzschnitten nach Originalzeichnungen der Künstler, ausgeführt von R. Brend'amour. Friedrich Bodenstedt. - Berlin : Grote, 1867. Digitalized by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Adelbert von Chamisso, “Lebens-Lieder und Bilder”, with Illustrations by Paul Thumann
- Für Mutter und Kind. Alte Reime mit neuen Bildern von Paul Thumann (For Mother and Child. Old Rhymes with New Pictures by Paul Thumann)
References
- ^ Intermedia: Excerpt from book: "Famous Paintings by Renowned Artists"
- ^ Mariani, John (October 16, 2011). "White Rock Girl: Still the Sexiest Alive (on a Water Bottle)". Esquire.
- ^ Theodore, Sarah (June 1, 2006). "White Rock: A classic brand becomes a specialty player". Beverage Industry Magazine.
Further reading
- Georg Speitel: "Paul Thumann (1834–1908) und seine in Minden befindlichen Monumentalgemälde". Papers of the Minden Historical Society, Jahrgang 51 (1979), pp. 85–92.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Thumann.
- Literature by and about Paul Thumann in the German National Library catalogue
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