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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 19.–20.10.2018
Mandylion mit Riza und aufgesetzten Strahlennimben
Mandylion with riza and attached halos. Probably Russia 19th C. Egg tempera over chalk and gold ground on panel, and silvered as well as partially gilt brass. Cloth with the face of Christ held by an angel. Verso inscribed in Cyrillic «This not man-made figure with diligence and this my painted master of this icon Tujasnoi». Finely embossed and chiselled riza with floral ornaments and attached halos as well as gilt applications. Minor signs of age.
H 45,2, W 36,4 cm.
Mandylion is the name for the cloth with the imprinted face of Christ, which wasn't created by hand but appeared in a miraculous way. Since the 6th Century reports about these images of Christ occurred increasingly. They are considered as authentic reproductions of the face of Christ.
Provenance: private collection Upper Palatinate.
Literature: Klaus Wessel and Helmut Brenske, Ikonen, Munich 1980, p. 168 (cf.).

deutsch Wohl Russland 19. Jh. Eitempera über Kreide- und Goldgrund auf Holz, und Messing, versilbert sowie partiell vergoldet. Tuch mit dem Gesichtsabdruck Christi, von einem Engel gehalten. Verso in Kyrillisch bez. «Diese nicht von Menschenhand gemachte Gestalt mit Fleiß und diese meine gemalt Meister dieser Ikone Tujasnoi [...]». Fein getriebene und ziselierte Riza mit floralem Dekor und aufgesetzten Nimben sowie vergoldeten Applikationen. Min. Altersspuren.
H. 45,2, B. 36,4 cm.
Mandylion nennt man das Tuch mit dem auf wundersame Weise - nicht von Menschenhand - entstandenen Gesichtsabdruck Christi. Ab dem 6. Jahrhundert treten vermehrt Berichte über die Entstehung solcher Christusbilder auf, welche als authentische Wiedergabe des Antlitzes Jesu gelten.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung Oberpfalz.
Literatur: Klaus Wessel und Helmut Brenske, Ikonen, München 1980, S. 168 (vgl.).

hammer price: 1300,- EUR
(starting price: 350,- EUR)