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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.
The Rankmühle by St. Märgen.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower left and dated (19)34. Verso on the stretcher inscribed by a different hand «Rank Mühle / St. Märgen».
Comes with a postcard showing the depicted farm.
H 91, W 70,5 cm (support). Framed.
The Rankmühle above St. Märgen is a landmark of the Hochschwarzwald and has been a popular motif for artists since the late 19th century. The special feature is that it is a residential mill in which day labourers worked to supply the Rankhof with flour and which, at the same time, with its kitchen, living room, stable, barn and small farm garden, made it possible to run an independent household. Built in 1802, the Rankmühle features as a cultural monument until today typical Black Forest architecture and thus symbolises the closeness to nature and down-to-earthness of rural life in the Black Forest.
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, 03.09.2023.
Catalogue raisonné: Hötzel-Dickel G34-8.

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hammer price: 12000,- EUR
(starting price: 5500,- EUR)