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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

landscape painting of unpaved road through pine forest
"Scene near Bagsværd Lake, Denmark" - oil on canvas by Elisa Marie Thornam, 1889.

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.
  • 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
  • botanical illustration of kalanchoe plant and its parts
    Kalanchoe integerrima - botanical illustration (Tab. V) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
  • botanical illustration of berberus serotina (barberry) and its parts
    Berberus serotina (barberry) - botanical illustration (Tab. IV) by C. and M. Thornam for Botanisk Tiddskrift
  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Elisa Marie Thornam". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. ^ "Andreas Fritz", Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi (in Danish), 2019-01-02, retrieved 2019-03-13
  3. ^ a b "388 (Salmonsens konversationsleksikon / Anden Udgave / Bind XXIII: T—Tysk frisindede Parti)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. ^ Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. Vol. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. V (Illustration).
  5. ^ Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. Vol. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. II (Illustration).
  6. ^ Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. Vol. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. III (Illustration).
  7. ^ Botaniske forening i København.; København, Botaniske forening i; forening, Dansk botanisk (1877). Botanisk tidsskrift. Vol. b.10 (1877-1879). København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag. pp. Tab. IV (Illustration).
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