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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Neer, Aert van der
1603/04 Amsterdam - 1677 ebd.
Winter landscape. Oil on canvas, relined. Monogrammed lower right on trunk. Retouching. Expert report: Dr. Fredo Bachmann, Nuremberg, 20.05.1984, in copy. Authentication: We would like to thank Mrs Ellis Dullaart, Assistant Curator, Dpt. Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, for the scientific advice via
1603/04 Amsterdam - 1677 ebd.
Eisvergnügen. Öl/Lw., doubl. Auf dem Eis zahlreiche Personen Kolf spielend, Schlitten schiebend oder konversierend. Im Mittelgrund ein eingefrorenes Boot, dahinter am jenseitigen Ufer Häuser und Türme einer Stadt. U.r. monogr. auf dem Baumstamm. Retuschen.
Aert van der Neers winterliche Landschaften sind wunderbare Zeugnisse der Blütezeit des Goldenen Zeitalters der Niederlande. «Die Illusion der Raumtiefe, die Lichtverhältnisse des trüben Wintertages und die Abendstimmung sind meisterhaft getroffen (vgl. Bachmann)».
Gutachten: Dr. Fredo Bachmann, Nürnberg, 20.05.1984, in Kopie.
Authentifizierung: Wir danken Frau Ellis Dullaart, Assistant Curator, Dpt. Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, für die wissenschaftliche Beratung via
Provenienz: Sammlung des Kardinal Fesch, Rom (versteigert für 171 Scudi am 17.03.1845, Los 167); Sammlung William Harvey, Leeds; Privatsammlung Niederlande; Sammlung Schultz von Haegen bei Christies, London, 29.03.1968, Los 84; Privatsammlung Nürnberg bei Lempertz, Köln, 27.05.1991, Los 61a; seitdem Privatbesitz Freiburger Industriellenfamilie.
Literatur: C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts,