Marie Thornam
Elisa Marie Thornam (12 March 1857 – 22 April 1901) was a Danish landscape painter and botanical illustrator who contributed to the Flora Danica and Botanisk Tidsskrift.
Also recorded as Elisa Marie Thornam · Marie Elise Thornam · M. Thornam · Maria Elise Thornam
Marie Thornam
Marie Thornam · Public domain
- Born
- 1857 · Kongens Lyngby.
- Died
- 1901 · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Hans Fischer · Andreas Fritz
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• Illustration — "Scene near Bagsværd Lake, Denmark" - oil on canvas by Elisa Marie Thornam, 1889. Thornam was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. She died on 22 April 1901 in Copenhagen. Her father was the painter and botanical illustrator Johan Christian Thornam (1822–1908), who taught botanical illustration and served as artist on the Galathea Expedition of 1845. A landscape painter, Thornam was a student of painters Hans Fischer and Andreas Fritz. She colored her father's contributions to the Flora Danica botanical compendium, published 1761-1883. Thornam and her father also collaborated on illustrations for the 1866 Botanisk Tidsskrift, a Danish botanical journal.
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• Illustration — alt=botanical illustration of Philadelphus cordifolius (mock orange) and its parts Philadelphus cordifolius (mock orange) - botanical illustration (Tab. III) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift • Illustration — alt=botanical illustration of kalanchoe plant and its parts Kalanchoe integerrima - botanical illustration (Tab. V) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift • Illustration — alt=botanical illustration of berberus serotina (barberry) and its parts Berberus serotina (barberry) - botanical illustration (Tab. IV) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift • Illustration — alt=botanical illustration of Philadelphus acuminatus (mock orange) and its parts Philadelphus acuminatus (mock orange) - botanical illustration (Tab. II) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
Botanisk tidsskrift / utgivet af den Botaniske forening i København.
Marie Thornam
Botanisk tidsskrift / utgivet af den Botaniske forening i København.
Marie Thornam
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- 1.Elise Marie "Marie" Thornam. Geni. 12 March 1857.
- 2.Johansen, P. Thornam. Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon. J.H. Schultz. XXIII: T–Tysk frisindede Parti. 388. 1927.
- 3.Botanisk tidsskrift, p. Tab. V (illustration).
- 4.Botanisk tidsskrift, p. Tab. II (illustration).
- 5.Botanisk tidsskrift. p. Tab. III (illustration).
- 6.Botanisk tidsskrift. p. Tab. IV (illustration).
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