Thoma, Ludwig

(lo͝ot`vĭkh), 1867–1921, German novelist, dramatist, and poet. Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life. His serious peasant novels Andreas Vöst (1905), Der Wittiber (1911), and Der Ruepp (1922), as well as his humorous collections Assessor Karlchen (1900), Lausbubengeschichten [rascal stories] (1904), and Tante Frieda [Aunt Frieda] (1906), are characterized by authenticity of regional language and life. Thoma's dramas, including Die Medaille [the medal] (1901), Das Säuglingsheim [the orphanage] (1913), and especially Moral (1908), reflect elements of folk theater.

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This is turn-of-the-century Symbolism with a German accent with highly romantic, sometime morbid, and often erotic images from artists ranging from Arnold Bocklin to the little known Hans Thoma, Ludwig Van Hoffmann and Hans von Marees.

EXHIBITIONS: PICTURE OF THE WEEK; The Adoration of the Child Jesus (circa 1480s). By Cosimo Rosselli (1439-1507). Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham University

This is turn-of-the-centiury symbolism with a German accent, highly romantic, sometimes morbid and often erotic images from artists ranging from Arnold Bocklin to the little known Hans Thoma, Ludwig Van Hoffmann and Hans von Marees.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK; EXHIBITIONS

This is turn-of-the-century Symbolism with a German accent, highly romantic, sometime morbid and often erotic images from artists ranging from Arnold Bocklin to the little known Hans Thoma, Ludwig Van Hoffmann and Hans von Marees.