Karl Hauptmann
«The Feldberg Painter»
24th April 1880 – 7th April 1947
Karl Hauptmann was born on 25th of April in 1880 in Freiburg i.Br., Germany. He received his artistic training in Nürnberg and Munich and was thereafter engaged as a decorative painter.
In 1908 he produced the first of what were to be his typical Black Forest paintings. In the years between 1915 and 1919, he produced numerous images of the Alpine region he had visited during his deployment with the mountain infantry in the First World War.
In 1918 Karl Hauptmann purchased «Molerhüsli», which for him encompassed his dwelling, atelier, and exhibition space. It soon became a favourite meeting place for skiers, hikers, students, and visitors to Feldberg.
Due to Hauptmann’s ever-present health problems, his doctor prescribed a trip to Italy in 1940, to which he again travelled the following year.
On 7th of April in 1947, Karl Hauptmann died at the age of 67 at his «Molerhüsli».
Lit.: Exhibition Catalogue, Feldberg, 1993.
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Frühjahrsauktionen
Reuß, Karl Johann Georg attr.
The marriage of the Virgin. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left and dated 1774. Verso lower middle inscribed «Hofmaler Reus pinxit 1774 Im Auftrage des F.B. v. Bamberg», lower right inscribed «Kopie nach dem Gemälde Rafael's in der Brera zu Mailand, darstellend die Trauung Maria's mit Joseph». Restored.
The artist of the present painting is most likely Karl Johann Georg Reuß (circa
Um 1730 (?) - um 1810 (?).
Die Vermählung Mariens. Öl auf Leinwand. U.l. sign. und 1774 dat. Verso Mitte u. handschriftlich bez. «Hofmaler Reus pinxit 1774 Im Auftrage des F.B. v. Bamberg» sowie u.r. bez. «Kopie nach dem Gemälde Rafael's in der Brera zu Mailand, darstellend die Trauung Maria's mit Joseph». Altrest.
Als Künstler kommt am wahrscheinlichsten Karl Johann Georg Reuß (um