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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Herbstauktionen 19.–20.10.2018
Hauptmann, Karl
1880
Two snow-covered farms in the evening sun. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Verso on the stretcher handwritten titled «Original K. Hauptmann Herzogenhorn» and dated «Winter 21-22».
H 70, W 90 cm.
Provenance: private collection High Black Forest.
Exhibition: Karl Hauptmann: Winterlandschaften vom Feldberg-Maler, Bernau, Hans-Thoma-Kunstmuseum, 2007.
Literature: Ruth Hötzel-Dickel, Karl Hauptmann - Der Schwarzwaldmaler,
1880
Zwei verschneite Höfe im Abendlicht. Öl auf Leinwand. U.r. sign. Verso auf dem Keilrahmen handschriftlich bez. «Original K. Hauptmann Herzogenhorn» und «Winter
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Provenienz: Privatsammlung Hochschwarzwald.
Ausstellung: Karl Hauptmann: Winterlandschaften vom Feldberg-Maler, Bernau, Hans-Thoma-Kunstmuseum, 2007.
Literatur: Ruth Hötzel-Dickel, Karl Hauptmann - Der Schwarzwaldmaler,