Born in 1848, Thomas Ludwig Herbst was an impressionist painter from Germany. Herbst is best known for his delicate landscape paintings and his impressive portraits of animals. His paintings often show figures such as farmers, field workers or herds of animals, which are only dimly depicted. Because of his preference for painting cows, the German artist would be affectionately called "Cow Autumn" by his contemporaries. Herbst painted the black and white spotted animals again and again in different positions and situations.
At the age of 17 Herbst began his artistic training under the direction of Jakob Becker at the prestigious Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. After only one year, the young student decided to move to the artist city of Berlin, as he had passed the entrance examination at the renowned Prussian Academy of Arts. His teacher in Berlin was the artist Carl Steffeck. Driven by ambition, the talented 19-year-old changed again to another academy. Finally, Herbst completed his artistic studies at the Grand Ducal Art School in Weimar in the class of Charles Verlat with flying colors.
Herbst then settled in Düsseldorf and made several trips to the Netherlands in the following years. Afterwards his wanderlust brought him to Paris. He spent a whole year in France with his friend and artist colleague Max Liebermann, whom he had met during his short period of study in Berlin. Afterwards Herbst returned to Germany with new inspirations and zest for action and this time moved to Munich. In the Bavarian capital Herbst met Wilhelm Leibl and came into contact with the artistic movement of the Secession.
From 1884 the impressionist worked as a drawing teacher at a vocational school for women in Hamburg. In his own studio in St. Georg he was able to work on his own works. A few years later Herbst founded the Hamburg Artists' Club with friends from the art scene. After joint exhibitions that received good reviews, however, the talented artist encountered difficulties with the cultural standards of the group. Herbst felt that the artistic level of the group had dropped due to the admission of new members. He left the club and became a member of the Hamburger Künstlerverein.
In 2015, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death, the Jenisch House in Hamburg showed a large retrospective of his works, thus proving that the important representative of German Impressionism is still popular today.
Born in 1848, Thomas Ludwig Herbst was an impressionist painter from Germany. Herbst is best known for his delicate landscape paintings and his impressive portraits of animals. His paintings often show figures such as farmers, field workers or herds of animals, which are only dimly depicted. Because of his preference for painting cows, the German artist would be affectionately called "Cow Autumn" by his contemporaries. Herbst painted the black and white spotted animals again and again in different positions and situations.
At the age of 17 Herbst began his artistic training under the direction of Jakob Becker at the prestigious Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. After only one year, the young student decided to move to the artist city of Berlin, as he had passed the entrance examination at the renowned Prussian Academy of Arts. His teacher in Berlin was the artist Carl Steffeck. Driven by ambition, the talented 19-year-old changed again to another academy. Finally, Herbst completed his artistic studies at the Grand Ducal Art School in Weimar in the class of Charles Verlat with flying colors.
Herbst then settled in Düsseldorf and made several trips to the Netherlands in the following years. Afterwards his wanderlust brought him to Paris. He spent a whole year in France with his friend and artist colleague Max Liebermann, whom he had met during his short period of study in Berlin. Afterwards Herbst returned to Germany with new inspirations and zest for action and this time moved to Munich. In the Bavarian capital Herbst met Wilhelm Leibl and came into contact with the artistic movement of the Secession.
From 1884 the impressionist worked as a drawing teacher at a vocational school for women in Hamburg. In his own studio in St. Georg he was able to work on his own works. A few years later Herbst founded the Hamburg Artists' Club with friends from the art scene. After joint exhibitions that received good reviews, however, the talented artist encountered difficulties with the cultural standards of the group. Herbst felt that the artistic level of the group had dropped due to the admission of new members. He left the club and became a member of the Hamburger Künstlerverein.
In 2015, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death, the Jenisch House in Hamburg showed a large retrospective of his works, thus proving that the important representative of German Impressionism is still popular today.
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