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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.

Karl Hauptmann

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Herbstauktionen 25.–26.09.2015
Michaux, Henri
1899 Namur - 1980 Paris.
«Dessin mescalinien». India ink with red and brown ink on strong wove paper, with tear-off edge at the upper margin. Monogrammed lower right.
Henri Michaux is considered as one of the great lonesome figures within the art of the 20th century. He is a personality of deep, almost monastic spirituality and more interested into literature, when he first encounters the paintings of Paul Klee, Max Ernst and Giorgio de Chirico in 1925. He is amazed and particularly during his early work influenced by the Surrealists, fascinated by their methodical techniques, including automatism as an important tool to reach the subconscious. In 1956 he starts a series of controlled experiments with hallucinogens such as mescaline and is translating his collected experiences into poetry, as well as into numerous paintings and drawings, including the present work. Characteristic for these works is the use of hieroglyphic and calligraphic signs occupying the field between writing and painting and connecting them to each other.
Provenance: purchased at Gallery Lelong, Paris; since then private collection.

deutsch 1899 Namur - 1980 Paris.
«Dessin mescalinien». Tusche und rote sowie braune Tinte auf festem Velin, am oberen Rand mit Abreißkante. U.r. monogr.
H. 26,5, B. 18 cm (Blattgröße).
Henri Michaux gilt als einer der großen Einzelgänger in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als Persönlichkeit von tiefer, fast mönchischer Spiritualität ist er zuerst mehr der Literatur zugewandt, als er 1925 der Malerei von Paul Klee, Max Ernst und Giorgio de Chirico begegnet und begeistert ist. Vor allem während seines Frühwerks steht er den Surrealisten nahe und nutzt viele ihrer methodischen Arbeitstechniken, wie beispielsweise den Automatismus, um Zugang zu seinem Unterbewusstsein zu erlangen. Um 1956 beginnt er seine ersten kontrollierten Experimente mit Halluzinogenen und anderen bewusstseinserweiternden Drogen, darunter auch Meskalin. Seine dabei gesammelten Eindrücke und Erfahrungen verarbeitet er in literarischen Werken sowie zahlreichen Gemälden und Zeichnungen, zu denen auch das hier gezeigte Blatt zählt. Charakteristisch für jene Arbeiten ist, dass sie Schrift und Bild in sich zu vereinen scheinen, indem sie Poesie und Zeichnung durch hieroglyphische und teilweise kryptisch-kalligraphische Zeichen miteinander verbinden.
Provenienz: erworben in der Galerie Lelong, Paris; seitdem Privatsammlung.
 

hammer price: 18500,- EUR
(starting price: 12000,- EUR)