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Karl Hauptmann
«The Feldberg Painter»
24th April 1880 – 7th April 1947
Karl Hauptmann was born on 25th of April in 1880 in Freiburg i.Br., Germany. He received his artistic training in Nürnberg and Munich and was thereafter engaged as a decorative painter.
In 1908 he produced the first of what were to be his typical Black Forest paintings. In the years between 1915 and 1919, he produced numerous images of the Alpine region he had visited during his deployment with the mountain infantry in the First World War.
In 1918 Karl Hauptmann purchased «Molerhüsli», which for him encompassed his dwelling, atelier, and exhibition space. It soon became a favourite meeting place for skiers, hikers, students, and visitors to Feldberg.
Due to Hauptmann’s ever-present health problems, his doctor prescribed a trip to Italy in 1940, to which he again travelled the following year.
On 7th of April in 1947, Karl Hauptmann died at the age of 67 at his «Molerhüsli».
Lit.: Exhibition Catalogue, Feldberg, 1993.
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Bilderuhr «Die Rückkehr Napoleons von der Insel Elba»
Picture wall clock «Napoleons Rückkehr von der Insel Elba» (Napoleon's return from Elba). After Carl August von Steuben, France circa 1815. Oil on canvas. Eight-day movement, striking on three gongs. Musical mechanism inscribed «R. Lecoultre». Original Empire frame. Good fully functional condition. Minor chipped. Pendulum.
The model for this picture clock, a painting executed by Carl von Steuben (1788 - 1856) in 1818, was a famous and frequently copied work even during the painter's lifetime. In addition to various other copies from different quality there are also etchings existing after this subject, which has been reproduced several times. Von Steuben was a pupil of François Gérard and achieved gaining importance as history painter.
Nach Carl August von Steuben, Frankreich um 1815. Öl auf Leinwand. Rechteckiger Rahmen, schauseitig Darstellung der Landung Napoleons in Cannes am 1. März 1815 als vielfigurige Szene. Bonaparte mit erhobener Hand im Bildzentrum, umringt von seinen Soldaten. Weißes Emailzifferblatt mit arabischer Minuterie, Stiftzeiger. Acht-Tage-Gehwerk mit Schlag auf drei Tonfedern. Auslösung eines separaten Walzenspiel- und Schlagwerks auf zwei Tonfedern. Auf Walzenspielwerk bez. «R. Lecoultre». Originaler Empire-Rahmen. Guter, funktionstüchtiger Zustand. Min. best.
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Die Vorlage zu dieser Bilderuhr, das Gemälde von Carl von Steuben (1788 - 1856), entstand 1818 und war bereits zu seinen Lebzeiten ein bedeutendes und häufig kopiertes Werk. Neben verschiedenen Kopien unterschiedlicher Qualität auf Leinwand existieren auch Stiche nach dem oft reproduzierten Motiv. Von Steuben war ein Schüler François Gérards und gelangte als Historienmaler bald zu eigener Bedeutung.