Cella Thoma

The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Frankfurt. Residence is recorded at Frankfurt and Karlsruhe. Work by Cella Thoma is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.

Cella Thoma was born in Landshut or Munich. She came from a family of farmers and craftsmen and had been a model for the painter Victor Müller in his Munich studio since 1869. There she met Hans Thoma; she soon became his model and, a year later, a painting pupil. On 19 June 1877, she married Hans in Säckingen and moved into a flat with him and his mother and sister Agathe in Frankfurt/Main. As the marriage remained childless and Thoma cared for her niece Ella, they adopted her in 1878. Together, the four of them moved to Kronberg im Taunus in 1899, where Hans became a member of the Malerkolonie there. When he received a call to Karlsruhe in 1901, the flat was given up. Thoma only lived in Karlsruhe for a short time, as she succumbed to the consequences of appendicitis while travelling in Constance in the same year. • Illustration — Hans Thoma, In a Hammock (1876), depicting Thoma with niece/adopted daughter Ella Thoma continued to devote herself to art after her marriage and was known as a flower and still life painter. On 23 November 1901, she died in Constance at the age of 43.

• 1875: Alpine roses, oil on paper • 1878: Still life with fruit and two glasses, oil on canvas, 30 × 37 cm • 1880: Fruit Still Life • Still Life with Vegetables and Fruit, oil on paper on wood, 48 × 76 cm • Flowering Branches in a Handled Basket • Rose Still Life • Anemones • Illustration — Alpenrosen, 1875 • Illustration — Stillleben mit Früchten und zwei Gläsern, 1878 • Illustration — Früchtestillleben, 1880 • Illustration — Üppiges Stillleben mit Gemüse • Illustration — Stillleben mit Erdbeeren • Illustration — Stillleben mit Gemüse und Früchten

Cella Thoma was recorded at birth as Bonicella Berteneder. The authorities additionally record the heading Bonicella Thoma. Her recorded language was German. She married Hans Thoma. Other recorded relations include Ella Thoma.

Cella Thoma is recorded as painter and artist.