Verner Thomé
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Verner Thomé was a post-impressionist graphic artist from Finland. He was influenced by Vitalism
a German-Scandanavian movement that incorporated Nietzsche's philosophy.
. His first job was at the Tilgmans Lithographical Company which commissioned posters from Finnish artists. At the same time he attended the Helsinki University Art School. In 1898-9 he attended the drawing school at the Finnish League of Artists. He spent 1901 and 1902 in Munich at the Bavarian Royal Academy of Art. Between 1903 and 1910 he spent his summers with Magnus Enckell
at Hogland
on the Baltic Coast.
He first came to prominence in 1903 when he exhibited in Helsinki at the Exhibition of Finnish Artists, and then in 1904 visited Paris, Spain and Morocco. In 1906 he spent time in Italy and Southern France. The Septem Group was founded in 1909- by Alfred William Finch
, Knut Magnus Enckell, Yrjö Ollila (1887-1932, Mikko Oinonen (1883-1956) Juho Rissanen, Ellen Thesleff and Verner Thomé. Their inspiration came from the Helsinki, 1904 Impressionist
and Neo-impressionist
Franco-Belgian Exhibition that included Paul Signac
and Henri Edmond Cross. Verner Thomé.
Verner Thomé exhibited at all Septem Group exhibitions, and the Exhibition of Finnish Art in Stockholm (1916). St Petersburg (1917) and Gothenburg (1923).
He died in Helsinki in 1953.
Vitalism
Vitalism, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is#a doctrine that the functions of a living organism are due to a vital principle distinct from biochemical reactions...
a German-Scandanavian movement that incorporated Nietzsche's philosophy.
Life
Verner Thomé was born in AlajärviAlajärvi
Alajärvi is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
. His first job was at the Tilgmans Lithographical Company which commissioned posters from Finnish artists. At the same time he attended the Helsinki University Art School. In 1898-9 he attended the drawing school at the Finnish League of Artists. He spent 1901 and 1902 in Munich at the Bavarian Royal Academy of Art. Between 1903 and 1910 he spent his summers with Magnus Enckell
Magnus Enckell
Magnus Knut Enckell was a Finnish painter.Enckell was born in Hamina, a small town in eastern Finland, the son of Carl Enkell, a priest, and Alexandra Enckell...
at Hogland
Hogland
Gogland or Hogland is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located some 180 km west of Saint Petersburg and 35 km away from the coast of Finland . The island is a part of the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The area of Hogland Island is approximately...
on the Baltic Coast.
He first came to prominence in 1903 when he exhibited in Helsinki at the Exhibition of Finnish Artists, and then in 1904 visited Paris, Spain and Morocco. In 1906 he spent time in Italy and Southern France. The Septem Group was founded in 1909- by Alfred William Finch
Alfred William Finch
Alfred William Finch was a ceramist and painter in the pointillist and Neo-Impressionist style.-Life and work:Alfred William Finch was born in Brussels, Belgium to English parents and lived his later life in Finland....
, Knut Magnus Enckell, Yrjö Ollila (1887-1932, Mikko Oinonen (1883-1956) Juho Rissanen, Ellen Thesleff and Verner Thomé. Their inspiration came from the Helsinki, 1904 Impressionist
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
and Neo-impressionist
Neo-impressionism
Neo-impressionism was coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat’s greatest masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, marked the beginning of this movement when it first made its appearance at an exhibition...
Franco-Belgian Exhibition that included Paul Signac
Paul Signac
Paul Signac was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style.-Biography:Paul Victor Jules Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863...
and Henri Edmond Cross. Verner Thomé.
Verner Thomé exhibited at all Septem Group exhibitions, and the Exhibition of Finnish Art in Stockholm (1916). St Petersburg (1917) and Gothenburg (1923).
He died in Helsinki in 1953.
Vitalism
Vitalism had a light palette that replaced the dowdy palette of National Romanticism in the early years of the 20th century. It adopted a positivist view of life, being a development of the tradition of figure painting where the male nude is a symbol of power shown against the sea, the sun and forces of nature.Paintings
- Playing Children (Finland 1913). Possibly commissioned for Central Railway Station, Helsinki. In the Hörhammer family collection.
