Angels – Annunciation 1906

Hans Thoma made this painting, Angels – Annunciation, with soft colours that remind me of old fairytales. I imagine him gently layering the paint to bring the angels to life against the dark sky, those little stars like sprinkles, so sweet. I wonder if Thoma was thinking about bringing hope and beauty into a world that often feels heavy. Painting these figures, suspended in the cloudy sky must have felt like an act of faith, each brushstroke a step into the unknown. It’s like he’s whispering a secret, urging us to look closer, beyond what we think we know. The way he has depicted one of the angel's hands outstretched makes me think of other painters like Tintoretto and El Greco and how they also wanted to bring heaven down to earth. Painting connects artists across time and space. Each artwork an invitation to dream, to feel, to imagine new possibilities.