Four Otto von Thoren Oil Paintings on Copper Plates of Landscapes
Item Details
A collection of four oil paintings on copper plates by Otto von Thoren (Austrian, 1828-1889).
These smooth landscape paintings depict 19th Century-garbed women meeting in the tree-lined foreground, near riverside dwellings with mountainous rural backgrounds.
These pieces are signed by the artist to the lower center. They are not presented behind frames or with hanging apparatuses.
Otto von Thoren is the son of Francis-Casimir von Thoron and Constance-Marie-Françoise Lochmann.
An officer in 1846, he participated in the Austrian Revolution of 1848 , he was a captain of cuirassiers, and then moved away to Venice. In 1857, he turned completely to painting and studied for several years in Brussels and Paris .
In the mid-1860’s he was called to Vienna to paint a picture of Francis Joseph I of Austria . After painting Gustave-Adolphe’s death , he turned to animal painting , especially grazing cattle , where he was distinguished by an energetic line and his delicate observation of nature.
Otto von Thoren’s paintings are often found in Austrian museums such as the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna.
He married Marie-Sophie Renodeyn, born in Ghent in 1839, during her stay in Brussels.
The death and funeral of ‘chevalier Othon von Thoren, animal talented painter’ are announced in the Journal of the political and literary debates of July 17, 1889. He is buried in Montmartre cemetery, 22 Division (family tomb).
The widow of Otto von Thoren gives two paintings of her husband to the Luxembourg Museum in Paris 2 , now assigned to the Musée d’Orsay and the town hall of Pamiers.
Otto von Thoren has a son who is also a painter and illustrator, Maurice von Thoren, whose death is announced on 2 July 1940 in ‘The Echo of Algiers.’
Condition
- wear to edges with crease to one corner of two items.
Dimensions
- measures each copper plate.
Item #
17CHI138-068
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