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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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Seltene nigerianische Nok-Figur
Rare Nigerian Nok figure. Nigeria 5th C. Terracotta. Parts lost. Age-related condition.
Nok figures are belonging to the eldest evidence of African sculpture. Little is known about the culture creating these impressive figurative representations with a clear accentuation of the head, which is also visible until our days in many of the younger African cultures. They did not leave any written records about the structure and organisation of their society or their religious belief. Nok figures are highly desirable collector's items and present in most of the museums and galleries for African art.
Characteristic for the stylised depictions are the elliptical or triangular shaped eyes with pupils indicated by deepening. Individual characteristics like beards, jewellery and extravagant hairstyles or headgears emphasise the artistic execution of these impressive human terracotta figures.
Thermoluminescence analysis report: Laboratory Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, 05.05.2014, 
Nigeria 5. Jh. Terrakotta. Halbfigur mit angewinkelten Armen. Best. Altersbedingter Zustand.
H. (mit Sockel)
Nok-Figuren gehören zu den ältesten Zeugnissen afrikanischer Plastik. Über die Nok-Kultur, die diese beeindruckenden figürlichen Darstellungen mit einer deutlichen Betonung des Kopfes, wie wir sie auch heute noch in vielen jüngeren afrikanischen Kulturen beobachten können, hervorgebracht hat, ist nur sehr wenig bekannt. Es sind keinerlei schriftliche Zeugnisse überliefert, und wir wissen kaum etwas über ihre Gesellschaftsform oder ihre religiöse Weltanschauung. Nok-Figuren sind begehrte Sammlerobjekte und in den meisten namhaften Museen und Galerien für afrikanische Kunst vertreten.
Charakteristisch für die stilisierten Darstellungen sind die elliptischen bis dreieckigen Augen, deren Pupille durch eine Vertiefung angedeutet ist. Individuelle Merkmale, wie Bärte, Schmuck und extravagante Frisuren oder Kopfbedeckungen, betonen die kunstvolle Ausführung der ausdrucksstarken Terrakotten.
TL-Gutachten: Labor Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, 05.05.2014,