Professor Hermann Dischler
25th September 1866 – 20th March 1935
Hermann Dischler was born on the 25th of September in 1866 in Freiburg i.Br. He received his artistic training in the art school in Karlsruhe, he was student of Gustav Schönleber. Thereafter he was engaged as a painter in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald area.
1894, after he finished his studies, he built himself an artist’s workroom in Freiburg i.Br. At this time he went on a lot of trips and his trusty camera followed him everywhere. Five years later he started to number and comment his artworks, which he collected in 29 «Bildbüchern (books of pictures)».
In the winter months from 1905 to 1907 he stayed in the Todtnauer Hütte, where a lot of his oil studies arise.
The snowy winter landscapes became his typical theme and he called himself «Schneemoler (snowpainter)». 1917 he received his professorship by Grand Duke Friedrich II.
In 1927 he had an exhibition with artists like Curt Liebich, Julius Heffner, Wilhelm Nagel, Wilhelm Wickertsheimer a.o., they called themselves «Die Schwarzwälder (the Black Forests)». He died on the 20th of March in 1935 in Hinterzarten. Today his works are extremely appreciated because the snowy landscape present the untouched nature.
Lit: Exhibition Catalogue Augustiner Museum, Freiburg i.Br., 1993
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Frühjahrsauktionen
Spiegelhalter, Franz
1899
Seasons of the wine grower. Carved lime wood. Signed to plinth «F. Spiegelhalter 1937» and «F. Spiegelhalter 1938».
1899
Jahreszeiten der Winzer. Lindenholz, geschnitzt. Darstellung verschiedener Arbeitsschritte der Winzer im Verlauf des Jahres. Auf der Plinthe sign. «F. Spiegelhalter 1937» bzw. «F. Spiegelhalter 1938».
Von dem bekannten Freiburger Bildhauer Franz Spiegelhalter sind noch viele Werke in der Freiburger Region erhalten. So stammt das steinerne Kreuz an der Habsburgerstraße in Freiburg von ihm, und auch der «Fasnetrufer» sowie der «Herdermer Lalli» der Freiburger Narrenzünfte tragen noch heute die von ihm geschnitzten Holzmasken. 1936 stattete Spiegelhalter die St. Urbankirche in Herdern mit einer Kanzel mit den Kirchenvätern und einer Weihnachtskrippe aus, und für Freiburg Kappel schuf er 1958 den Bergmannsbrunnen mit der Geschichte des Kappler Bergbaus.