Elisa Marie Thornam
Elisa Marie Thornam (March 12, 1857 - April 22, 1901) was a Danish landscape painter and botanical illustrator who contributed to the Flora Danica and Botanisk Tidsskrift.
Life and career
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Thornam was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. She died April 22, 1901, in Copenhagen. Her father was the painter and botanical illustrator Johan Christian Thornam (1822–1908),[1] 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.[2][3] She colored her father's contributions to the Flora Danica[3] botanical compendium, published 1761-1883. Thornam and her father also collaborated on illustrations for the 1866 Botanisk Tidsskrift,[4][5][6][7] a Danish botanical journal.
Botanical illustrations
- Images by C. and M. Thornam from Biodiversity Heritage Library, Botanisk Tiddskrift.
- Philadelphus cordifolius (mock orange) - botanical illustration (Tab. III) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
- Kalanchoe integerrima - botanical illustration (Tab. V) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
- Berberus serotina (barberry) - botanical illustration (Tab. IV) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
- Philadelphus acuminatus (mock orange) - botanical illustration (Tab. II) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
References
- "Elisa Marie Thornam". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- "Andreas Fritz", Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi (in Danish), 2019-01-02, retrieved 2019-03-13
- "388 (Salmonsens konversationsleksikon / Anden Udgave / Bind XXIII: T—Tysk frisindede Parti)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. V (Illustration).
- Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. II (Illustration).
- Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. III (Illustration).
- Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. IV (Illustration).