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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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Peiser, Kurt
1887 Antwerp - 1962 Uccle.
«Lundi perdu». Drunkards in the tavern.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Verso titled by a different hand and inscribed «K. Peiser». Support undulated, white shrinking cracks. Restored.
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Kurt Peiser, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, was interested in the theories of communism and the living and working conditions of the working class, which is clearly evident in his oeuvre. His view of poverty and misery is unembellished and unsparing, but also shows the little joys in the lives of the socially disadvantaged. For many workers, between the cramped living conditions and the endless, exhausting shifts in the factories, visiting a pub after work was the only place for recreation and social interaction. There they sang, played music and danced, and a freshly tapped beer made many forget their worries for a moment. The so-called «Lundi perdu», literally lost Monday, is a feast traditionally celebrated in Tournai and Antwerp on the Monday after Epiphany.
Authentication: We would like to thank Mr Pierre Buch, grandson of the artist, for the authentication via 
Peiser, Kurt
1887 Antwerpen - 1962 Ukkel.
«Lundi perdu». Zecher in der Kneipe.
Öl auf Leinwand. U.l. sign. Verso von fremder Hand bet. und bez. «K. Peiser». Bildträger wellig, Frühschwundrisse. Altrest.
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Der Absolvent der Königlichen Akademie der Schönen Künste zu Antwerpen, Kurt Peiser, interessierte sich für die Theorien des Kommunismus und die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen der Arbeiterklasse, was sich in seinem Œuvre deutlich abzeichnet. Dabei ist sein Blick auf Armut und Elend ungeschönt und schonungslos, zeigt aber auch die kleinen Freuden im Leben der sozial Benachteiligten. Für viele Arbeiter war zwischen den beengten Wohnverhältnissen und den endlosen, erschöpfenden Schichten in den Fabriken der Besuch einer Kneipe nach Feierabend der einzige Ort der Erholung und der sozialen Interaktion. Dort wurde gesungen, musiziert und getanzt. Ein frisch gezapftes Bier ließ so Manchen seine Sorgen für einen Moment vergessen. Beim sogenannten «Lundi perdu», wörtlich verlorenen Montag, handelt es sich um ein Festessen, das am Montag nach dem Dreikönigstag traditionell in Tournai und in Antwerpen gefeiert wird.
Echtheitsbestätigung: Wir danken Herrn Pierre Buch, Enkel des Künstlers, für die Bestätigung der Echtheit per