Thomas Herbst (painter)

The following year, he transferred to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he worked with Carl Steffeck.

In 1868, he transferred again, this time to the Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School, where he took advanced studies with Charles Verlat.

In 1897, he became one of the founding members of the Hamburgischer Künstlerklub [de] but, according to Arthur Siebelist, resigned in 1903 because he did not like their "cultural standards".

In later years, he acquired the nickname "Kuhherbst" (Kuh means Cow), in reference to one of his favorite subjects.

In 2015, on the centennial of his death, the Jenisch House in Hamburg held a major retrospective of his works.