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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
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Brassauw, Melchior attr.
1709 (?) - 1757 oder später (?).
Pair of ideal portraits of an elegant lady and a noble man. Oil on panel, cradled. Unsigned. Verso each with a label, inscribed «J.K. Seekatz».
These paintings can not be understood as portraits of real existing persons, but as character studies (so called tronies) of exquisitely fine quality. Melchior Brassauw produced a lot of such ideal portraits in various degrees of quality, weaker works are merely studio products. Very characteristic of Brassauw's own hand is the masterly treatment of the feathers on the hats, the skilful differentiation of the details of various textile surfaces, as well as the enamel-like melting of the paint layers.
Assessment: We would like to thank Mr Fred Meijer, Conservator, Afd. Oude Nederlandse Schilderkunst/Curator, Dpt. of Old Netherlandish Painting, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, for the scientific advice via
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 19.05.1976, lot 196 (as David de Noter); Gallery Katz, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1977; private property border triangle.
Invoice: Gallery Katz, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 28.03.1977 (as «J.C. Seekatz»).
1709 (?) - 1757 oder später (?).
Idealporträts einer eleganten Dame und eines vornehmen Herrn. Öl auf Holz, parkettiert. Unsign. Verso je ein altes Etikett, bez. «J.K. Seekatz».
Die Bildnisse sind nicht als Porträts real existierender Personen zu verstehen, sondern Charakterstudien (sogenannte Tronies) von ausnehmend schöner Qualität. Melchior Brassauw fertigte zahlreiche solcher Idealporträts an, die in der Qualität der Ausführung stark variieren, schwächere Arbeiten können mehrheitlich als Werkstattarbeiten eingestuft werden. Charakteristisch für die eigenhändigen Werke Brassauws sind die meisterhafte Ausführung der Federn und die gekonnte Differenzierung textiler Oberflächen sowie der emailartige Schmelz der Malerei.
Beurteilung: Wir danken Herrn Fred Meijer, Conservator, Afd. Oude Nederlandse Schilderkunst/Curator, Dpt. of Old Netherlandish Painting, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, für die wissenschaftliche Beratung via
Provenienz: Sotheby's London, 19.05.1976, Los 196 (als David de Noter); Galerie Katz, St. Moritz, Schweiz, 1977; Privatbesitz Dreiländereck.
Rechnung: Galerie Katz, St. Moritz, Schweiz, 28.03.1977 (als «J.C. Seekatz»).