{"id":70129,"date":"2024-09-12T08:18:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/?post_type=touren&#038;p=70129"},"modified":"2025-02-19T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:46:33","slug":"hans-thoma-the-museum-director","status":"publish","type":"touren","link":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/touren\/hans-thoma-the-museum-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans Thoma the museum director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-header block-header-simple\"  >\n    <div class=\"block-header-simple-title\">\n        <div class=\"block-header-simple-title-content\">\n            <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-xs col-md-12\">\n                        <div class=\"box\">\n                            <h1  ><\/h1>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n    \n\t<div class=\"lazy-media background\" id=\"media_69ff638489b3c\">\n\t\t\n        <script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"lazy-media-data\">\n        {\n        \"sizes\" : {\"original\":{\"file\":\"cic__pid--68314__cic__oid--73059__cic_kunsthallekarlsruhe-thoma-1899.jpg\",\"width\":1365,\"height\":768}},\n        \"path\" : \"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\",\n        \"autoplay\" : \"\",\n\t\t\"focus\" : null,\n        \"caption\" : false        }\n        <\/script>\n\n\t\t<div title=\"Hans Thoma\" class=\"image-wrapper\" id=\"image_69ff638489b3d\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<noscript>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cic__pid--68314__cic__oid--73059__cic_kunsthallekarlsruhe-thoma-1899.jpg\" alt=\"Ein Foto von Hans Thoma, auf dem er in einem Zimmer vor einem Landschaftsgem&auml;lde steht. Er tr&auml;gt einen Anzug und sieht nachdenklich in die Kamera.\" title=\"Hans Thoma\" \/>\n\t\t<\/noscript>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-sticky-button noprint\" id=\"stickIt\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row center-xs\">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/grand-ducal-art-patronage\/?tour=70129\" class=\"button button-highlight\">\n                        Start tour                        <span class=\"block-sticky-button__buttonIcon mixin-motion-link\" data-src=\"\/assets\/icons\/pfeil_scroll.json\" data-hover-out=\"1\"><\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<script>\n    var observer = new IntersectionObserver(onIntersection, {\n        root: null,\n        threshold: .5\n    })\n\n    function onIntersection(entries, opts) {\n        entries.forEach(entry =>\n            entry.target.classList.toggle('block-sticky-button--in-viewport', entry.isIntersecting)\n        )\n    }\n    observer.observe(document.querySelector('.block-sticky-button'))\n<\/script>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" style=\"text-align: left\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy editor\"><p><strong>From 1899 to 1919, Hans Thoma was the director of the Grand Ducal Gallery, today\u2019s State Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. At that time, this was still a ducal collection with the ultimate authority in the hands of the Grand Duke. When Thoma took office, he was a successful artist and sixty years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his task of maintaining and expanding the collection, he was supervised by the General Director\u2019s Office of the Grand Ducal Civil List. Moreover, any planned purchases needed the approval of an Acquisitions Commission. Under Thoma\u2019s years as director, the collection grew by around 400 paintings, 1100 graphic works and 30 sculptures, mostly bought though some were gifts or bequeathed to the Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>In those days, many museums in Imperial Germany were interested in acquiring regional art, and Thoma was no different. In his role as an artist director \u2013 and not an art historian \u2013 he particularly supported contemporary art from Baden. Guided in his choice of works by his own artistic influences, he was no longer receptive to cutting-edge developments. Consequently, he did not open the collection to Impressionist or even Expressionist works, a gap his successor was left to fill.<\/p>\n<p>This tour looks at six selected paintings that came into the Kunsthalle collection in very different ways while Hans Thoma was the Gallery director. It also offers a fascinating insight into the provenance, acquisition and content of these works.<\/p>\n                        \n\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"block-tour-stations-list \">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n      <h2  ><\/h2>\n      <ul class=\"stations-wrapper\">\n                  <li class=\"station\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/grand-ducal-art-patronage\/?tour=70129\" class=\"station-link\">\n              <div class=\"station-image-wrapper\">\n                                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-252x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The painting shows Nanna Risi with her face tilted to the side.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-604x720.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-1073x1280.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi-1288x1536.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-anselm-feuerbach-bildnis-der-nanna-risi.jpg 1610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"station-title-wrapper\">\n                <span class=\"station-title__count\">1\/6<\/span>\n                <span class=\"station-title\">Grand Ducal art patronage <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                  <li class=\"station\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/stories-from-pandemic-days\/?tour=70129\" class=\"station-link\">\n              <div class=\"station-image-wrapper\">\n                                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-300x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A picture of various people in colorful robes sitting together in a garden and chatting with each other. Behind them are trees, a fountain and a building.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-720x498.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-1280x885.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-franz-xaver-winterhalter-der-decamerone-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"station-title-wrapper\">\n                <span class=\"station-title__count\">2\/6<\/span>\n                <span class=\"station-title\">Stories from pandemic days <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                  <li class=\"station\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/macabre-student-joke\/?tour=70129\" class=\"station-link\">\n              <div class=\"station-image-wrapper\">\n                                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-252x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The image of a skull surrounded by a linen cloth.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-860x1024.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-605x720.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-1075x1280.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch-1290x1536.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-leibl-totenschaedel-mit-leichentuch.jpg 1612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"station-title-wrapper\">\n                <span class=\"station-title__count\">3\/6<\/span>\n                <span class=\"station-title\">Macabre student joke <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                  <li class=\"station\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/black-forest-romanticism\/?tour=70129\" class=\"station-link\">\n              <div class=\"station-image-wrapper\">\n                                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-300x239.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wpsmartcrop-image wpsmartcrop-image\" alt=\"A picture of several people in a spinning shop sitting on spinning wheels spinning the wool.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-720x574.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-1280x1020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube-1536x1224.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-wilhelm-gustav-friedrich-hasemann-schwarzwaelder-spinnstube.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-smartcrop-focus=\"[45,30]\" \/>                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"station-title-wrapper\">\n                <span class=\"station-title__count\">4\/6<\/span>\n                <span class=\"station-title\">Black Forest Romanticism <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                  <li class=\"station\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/sea-mood\/?tour=70129\" class=\"station-link\">\n              <div class=\"station-image-wrapper\">\n                                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wpsmartcrop-image wpsmartcrop-image\" alt=\"A picture of several men in rain clothes standing in front of a railing, looking into the distance. Behind them is the sea where boats are located.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-482x720.jpg 482w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-857x1280.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-carlos-grethe-lotsen-auf-dem-landungssteg-1029x1536.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" data-smartcrop-focus=\"[42,15]\" \/>                              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"station-title-wrapper\">\n                <span class=\"station-title__count\">5\/6<\/span>\n                <span class=\"station-title\">Sea mood <\/span>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                  <li class=\"station\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/kunstwerk\/united-in-grief\/?tour=70129\" class=\"station-link\">\n              <div class=\"station-image-wrapper\">\n                                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-charles-cottet-1863-trauer-300x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A child leans on the shoulder of a woman, in the background the sea with boats.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-charles-cottet-1863-trauer-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-charles-cottet-1863-trauer-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-charles-cottet-1863-trauer-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-charles-cottet-1863-trauer-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-charles-cottet-1863-trauer-720x567.jpg 720w, 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