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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
Professor Hermann Dischler
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3222
Winterauktionen 19.–20.11.2021
Meytens, Martin van the Younger school
1695 Stockholm - 1770 Vienna.
Portrait emperor Francis I.
Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Verso on the stretcher on a label handwritten inscribed «Bildnis von Franz I. Deutscher Kaiser. Franz Stephan aus dem Hause Lothringen, Gemahl Maria Theresias gemalt von Martijn van Meytens d.J. ca. anno 1755 Kaiserlicher Kammermaler zu Wien Restauriert von Maler Woldemar Kohlund, München 1962-63 (portrait of Francis I German Emperor. Francis Stephen from the House of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresa painted by Martijn van Meytens the Younger circa anno 1755 imperial court painter at Vienna Restored by painter Woldemar Kohlund, Munich 1962-63)».
H 150,
Francis I Stephen of Lorraine (1708 - 1765), Holy Roman Emperor, is depicted in a magnificent court robe embroidered with gold thread and white, probably Brabant lace. Part of the weight of his cloak rests on a throne behind him, while the high medieval Imperial Crown, an imperial orb and another crown that cannot be identified more precisely are on a table in front of him. These symbols of power legitimised his claim to rule, which was questioned in many ways. With programmatic portraits such as these, nobles in the provinces of the empire, such as the governors of Ortenau from the House of Neveu, could express their loyalty to the House of Habsburg. According to the fashion of the time and as befits an emperor, he wears an allonge wig and a hat with dyed ostrich feathers. The Order of the Golden Fleece on his chest is the House Order of the Habsburg and refers to his marriage into the Austrian archhouse. Franz Stephan and Maria Theresa founded the Habsburg-Lorraine line.
This monumental state portrait is set in a fully gilded, magnificent wooden frame, which is in the flourishing South German Rococo style and whose typical ornamentation features dynamic wavy crests, intertwined C-arches, naturalistic floral tendrils, burst pomegranates, and a double-headed eagle emblem.
The portrait of his wife Maria Theresa of Austria is conceived as a counterpart (lot 3223).
Statement: We would like to thank Dr. Georg Lechner, curator of the Baroque collection, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, for the scientific consultation via
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Marcus Köhler, Technische Universität Dresden, for the kind remarks via
Provenance: private property of the family of Neveu, Durbach.
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