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Hans Thoma based this dreamlike painting on memories of his travels in Italy. It shows two peasant girls in the picturesque Lake Garda region of northern Italy tending sheep beneath the twisting boughs of olive trees. Thoma was a self-proclaimed Realist working in the tradition of the French painter Gustave Courbet, whom he met in Paris in 1868. “I wanted to paint nothing I had not seen myself, experienced myself,” Thoma proclaimed. “Wherever I looked there was beauty enough—people, animals, landscapes intertwined in harmonious lines, that is what I had in mind.” Nevertheless, with its evocative atmosphere and subject drawn from memory, Olive Grove at Lake Garda reveals Thoma’s interest and participation in the international Symbolist movement of the 1890s.
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Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
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Created 1897
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2013 label:
This painting was based on Hans Thoma's memories of his travels in Italy. It shows two peasant girls in the picturesque Lake Garda region of northern Italy, tending sheep beneath the sunlit boughs of olive trees. The snow-capped peaks of the mountains surrounding the lake are visible on the distant horizon. The landscape has a shimmering, luminous quality, created by layers of translucent glazes and delicate flecks of pigment on the surface of the canvas.
Hans Thoma was, in the late 19th century, considered a model for a Germanic mode of painting, and his works were often interpreted in opposition to the corrupting influence of French Impressionism. Thoma, though, claimed to be "a born realist," who revered the French painter Gustave Courbet. "I wanted to paint nothing I had not seen myself, experienced myself—wherever I looked there was beauty enough—people, animals, landscapes intertwined in harmonious lines, that is what I had in mind."
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Hans Thoma based this dreamlike painting on memories of his travels in Italy. It shows two peasant girls in the picturesque Lake Garda region of northern Italy tending sheep beneath the twisting boughs of olive trees. Thoma was a self-proclaimed Realist working in the tradition of the French painter Gustave Courbet, whom he met in Paris in 1868. “I wanted to paint nothing I had not seen myself, experienced myself,” Thoma proclaimed. “Wherever I looked there was beauty enough—people, animals, landscapes intertwined in harmonious lines, that is what I had in mind.” Nevertheless, with its evocative atmosphere and subject drawn from memory, Olive Grove at Lake Garda reveals Thoma’s interest and participation in the international Symbolist movement of the 1890s.
Excerpt from
Nicole Myers, DMA label copy, 2017.
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Notes
Created 1897
Checked Piction
2013 label:
This painting was based on Hans Thoma's memories of his travels in Italy. It shows two peasant girls in the picturesque Lake Garda region of northern Italy, tending sheep beneath the sunlit boughs of olive trees. The snow-capped peaks of the mountains surrounding the lake are visible on the distant horizon. The landscape has a shimmering, luminous quality, created by layers of translucent glazes and delicate flecks of pigment on the surface of the canvas.
Hans Thoma was, in the late 19th century, considered a model for a Germanic mode of painting, and his works were often interpreted in opposition to the corrupting influence of French Impressionism. Thoma, though, claimed to be "a born realist," who revered the French painter Gustave Courbet. "I wanted to paint nothing I had not seen myself, experienced myself—wherever I looked there was beauty enough—people, animals, landscapes intertwined in harmonious lines, that is what I had in mind."
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Thoma, Hans (German, 1839-1924)
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Lake Garda: TGN: 2344676
Process/materials
Oil on pressboard
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