Professor Hermann Dischler
25th September 1866 – 20th March 1935
Hermann Dischler was born on the 25th of September in 1866 in Freiburg i.Br. He received his artistic training in the art school in Karlsruhe, he was student of Gustav Schönleber. Thereafter he was engaged as a painter in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald area.
1894, after he finished his studies, he built himself an artist’s workroom in Freiburg i.Br. At this time he went on a lot of trips and his trusty camera followed him everywhere. Five years later he started to number and comment his artworks, which he collected in 29 «Bildbüchern (books of pictures)».
In the winter months from 1905 to 1907 he stayed in the Todtnauer Hütte, where a lot of his oil studies arise.
The snowy winter landscapes became his typical theme and he called himself «Schneemoler (snowpainter)». 1917 he received his professorship by Grand Duke Friedrich II.
In 1927 he had an exhibition with artists like Curt Liebich, Julius Heffner, Wilhelm Nagel, Wilhelm Wickertsheimer a.o., they called themselves «Die Schwarzwälder (the Black Forests)». He died on the 20th of March in 1935 in Hinterzarten. Today his works are extremely appreciated because the snowy landscape present the untouched nature.
Lit: Exhibition Catalogue Augustiner Museum, Freiburg i.Br., 1993
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Frühjahrsauktionen
Mythologischer Zeichner
Mythological drawer probably Italy second half
In the mythology Venus wounded her foot with the thorn of a rose while running after Adonis. In the present work she is drying the blood on her foot with the border of her robe. A depiction of very similar composition and same theme was created in pastel in the second half of the 18th Century by Francesco Pavona (1695 - 1777) and belongs to the original furnishing of castle Wörlitz. Very popular subject of several works by various painters and graphic artists during the early 16th until the 18th Century.
Wohl Italien 2. Hälfte
Amor mit der verletzten Venus. Tintenzeichnung mit Feder und Pinsel in Hellbraun, teilweise laviert, auf geripptem (Vergé) Papier (Wasserzeichen). Unsign. O.l. «No. 99» num., u.r. angeschnittener, runder Stempel. Vereinzelt kl. Löcher im Papier, stockfleckig, verso mit Montierungsresten.
In der Mythologie läuft Venus Adonis nach und verletzt sich an einem Rosendorn, der in ihrem Fuß stecken bleibt. Das herabtropfende Blut fängt sie hier mit dem Saum ihres Gewandes auf. Eine Darstellung mit sehr ähnlicher Komposition und gleicher Thematik wurde in der 2. Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts von Francesco Pavona (1695 - 1777) in Pastell geschaffen und gehört zur Originalausstattung des Schlosses Wörlitz. Beliebtes Sujet zahlreicher Werke verschiedener Maler und Graphiker des frühen 16.