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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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Seltene nigerianische Nok-Figur
Rare Nigerian Nok figure. Nigeria 5th C. Terracotta. Parts lost. Age-related condition.
Nok figures are belonging to the eldest evidence of African sculpture. Little is known about the culture creating these impressive figurative representations with a clear accentuation of the head, which is also visible until our days in many of the younger African cultures. They did not leave any written records about the structure and organisation of their society or their religious belief. Nok figures are highly desirable collector's items and present in most of the museums and galleries for African art.
Characteristic for the stylised depictions are the elliptical or triangular shaped eyes with pupils indicated by deepening. Individual characteristics like beards, jewellery and extravagant hairstyles or headgears emphasise the artistic execution of these impressive human terracotta figures.
Thermoluminescence analysis report: Laboratory Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, 05.05.2014, 
Nigeria 5. Jh. Terrakotta. Halbfigur mit angewinkelten Armen. Best. Altersbedingter Zustand.
H. (mit Sockel)
Nok-Figuren gehören zu den ältesten Zeugnissen afrikanischer Plastik. Über die Nok-Kultur, die diese beeindruckenden figürlichen Darstellungen mit einer deutlichen Betonung des Kopfes, wie wir sie auch heute noch in vielen jüngeren afrikanischen Kulturen beobachten können, hervorgebracht hat, ist nur sehr wenig bekannt. Es sind keinerlei schriftliche Zeugnisse überliefert, und wir wissen kaum etwas über ihre Gesellschaftsform oder ihre religiöse Weltanschauung. Nok-Figuren sind begehrte Sammlerobjekte und in den meisten namhaften Museen und Galerien für afrikanische Kunst vertreten.
Charakteristisch für die stilisierten Darstellungen sind die elliptischen bis dreieckigen Augen, deren Pupille durch eine Vertiefung angedeutet ist. Individuelle Merkmale, wie Bärte, Schmuck und extravagante Frisuren oder Kopfbedeckungen, betonen die kunstvolle Ausführung der ausdrucksstarken Terrakotten.
TL-Gutachten: Labor Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, 05.05.2014,