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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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Herbstauktionen 19.–20.10.2018
Wentzinger, Johann Christian attr.
1710 Ehrenstetten - 1797
Two counterparts. Jesus Christ and God the Father. Carved lime wood with hollowed backsides and remnants of old polychromy. Jesus Christ with his stigmata and God the Father leaning on the globe, each floating on a cloud. Verso two old labels with the work's data and the inventory
H 114 respectively 117, W 66 respectively 72 cm.
Johann Christian Wentzinger worked as a sculptor, painter and architect, but primarily as an art entrepreneur. Supported by the Benedictine abbots of the Black Forest monasteries, he quickly became a popular artist in Southwest Germany. When furnishing the collegiate church in St. Gallen, his workshop was foremost responsible for the sculptural work and Wentzinger finally became a highly respected and wealthy citizen of Freiburg due to his growing affluence.
Provenance: private collection
Literature: Ingeborg Krummer-Schroth, Johann Christian Wentzinger, Bildhauer - Maler - Architekt, 
1710 Ehrenstetten - 1797
Paar Gegenstücke. Jesus Christus und Gottvater. Lindenholz, halbrund geschnitzt und rückseitig gehöhlt, mit Resten alter Fassung. Jesus Christus mit den Wundmalen und Gottvater auf die Weltkugel gestützt, je auf einer Wolke schwebend. Verso zwei alte Etiketten mit den Angaben zum Werk und der Inventar-Nr. «K 463» sowie bez. «Unverkäuflich». Altersspuren, Fehlstellen, wurmstichig. Ein Arm Jesu und eine Hand Gottes fehlen.
H. 114 bzw.
Johann Christian Wentzinger war als Bildhauer, Maler und auch Architekt, in erster Linie aber als Kunstunternehmer tätig. Gefördert von den Benediktineräbten der Schwarzwaldklöster, wurde er schnell zum gesuchten Künstler in Südwestdeutschland. Bei der Ausstattung der Stiftskirche in St. Gallen war seine Werkstatt führend für die bildhauerischen Arbeiten zuständig, was Wentzinger zu beachtlichem Wohlstand verhalf und ihn endgültig zu einem hochgeachteten und reichen Bürger Freiburgs machte.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung
Literatur: Ingeborg Krummer-Schroth, Johann Christian Wentzinger, Bildhauer - Maler - Architekt,