Skizzenbuch 1839 - 1924

drawing, ink, indian-ink

drawing

toned paper

homemade paper

16_19th-century

textured paper

paper texture

personal sketchbook

ink

chalky texture

german

carved into stone

indian-ink

folded paper

sketchbook art

design on paper

"Skizzenbuch" is a sketch book belonging to the German artist, Hans Thoma (1839-1924) that is now housed in the Städel Museum. The black, leather-bound book is currently closed but shows signs of aging with several patches of missing leather and wear on the binding. It is likely that the sketchbook was used by the artist to document his creative process.

Comments

stadelmuseum about 1 year ago

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This small sketchbook initially served Hans Thoma as a diary. Between 26 May and 29 July 1891, he noted down more or less daily who he had met with, which operas he had listened to in Bayreuth, when he had travelled from Munich to Lake Starnberg and much more. However, these summarising, list-like entries still await a complete evaluation. There are few drawings to be found between these diary notes. However, in the book, opened from the back and thus in addition to the notes on the head, there are some quick compositional sketches or reproductions.For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.