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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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Winterauktionen 24.–25.11.2023
Hauptmann, Karl
1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau.
Feldsee at the Seebuck.
Oil on panel. Signed lower left and dated (19)36. Verso dated 1935/36, titled and inscribed «Original v. Karl Hauptmann» as well as «Feldberg/Schw» by hand.
H 80,5, W 68,5 cm (support). Framed.
Hauptmann depicted the combination of Feldsee and Seebuck several times in the mid-1930s as a subject for his works. A today partially lost mural in the Feldbergerhof also shows this motif. Looking across the lake, far above at the highest point of the Seebuck, a landmark of the Feldberg peak, the Bismarck monument, can be seen.
We would like to thank Dr. Ruth Hötzel-Dickel, author of the catalogue raisonné, Freiburg i.Br., for the scientific advice via e-mail, based on photos, 28.03.2023.
Literature: Ruth Dickel, Karl Hauptmann 1880 - 1947, Der Feldberg-Maler, Freiburg i.Br. 1993, p. 18, ill. 11 (cf.).

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hammer price: 9000,- EUR
(starting price: 3500,- EUR)