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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

Professor Hermann Dischler

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Herbstauktionen 04.–05.10.2013
Aufsatzmaske der Yoruba
Head mask from the Yoruba tribe. Nigeria/Benin probably early 20th C. Wood, fabric, iron and cords, painted in polychrome colours. Signs of age. Expert report: Dr. Andreas Volz, Institute of Ethnology Freiburg University, 25.04.2012, in copy. Provenance: purchased in Cové, Benin, in 1987; since then German private collection. Literature: William, Bascom, The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria, New York 1969; John Drewal, Gelede, Art and Female Power among the Yoruba, Bloomington 1983.

deutsch Nigeria/Benin wohl frühes 20. Jh. Holz, Stoff, Eisen und Schnüre, polychrom bemalt. Aufsatzmaske mit den Konturen eines fliegenden Vogels, beweglichen Flügeln und langem, gekrümmtem Schnabel. Oberseite mit Stoff bezogen und polychrom bemalt, angesetzte Schwingen mit Klappmechanismus versehen. Gliedmaßen auf der Köperunterseite mit Seilzug verbunden. Kopf mit anthropomorphen Augen und halbrunden Brauen. Altersspuren. L. 68, B. 42 cm.
Bei der Tierdarstellung handelt es sich vermutlich um einen Nashornvogel, dessen schimpflicher Charakter dazu dient, an das reine Opfer und Ritual zu erinnern. Als Bote übernatürlicher Kraft fanden derartige Darstellungen Verwendung bei Vorstellungen anlässlich besonderer Festlichkeiten.
Gutachten: Dr. Andreas Volz, Institut für Ethnologie der Universität Freiburg i.Br., 25.04.2012, in Kopie.
Provenienz: 1987 in Cové, Benin, erworben; seitdem deutsche Privatsammlung.
Literatur: William, Bascom, The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria, New York 1969; John Drewal, Gelede, Art and Female Power among the Yoruba, Bloomington 1983.

starting price: 3200,- EUR