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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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Hauptmann, Karl
1880
«Blick v. Blößling z. Wacht (view from the Blößling to the Wacht)».
Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Verso on the stretcher on the artist's original label handwritten titled, dated 1940 and inscribed with the work's data. Verso on the stretcher handwritten inscribed «Herrn C.E. Schreiber Schwenningen a.N.». Retouching.
H 70,5,
It seems as if the viewer himself is standing here on the summit of Blössling - in the Bernauer Hochtal opposite the Herzogental - the Wacht, which is connecting the Präg and Wiesental with the Bernauer Hochtal, spreads out before him. The painting was purchased from the artist by Curt Edgar Schreiber, the great-grandson of the famous watch manufacturer Friedrich Mauthe.
We would like to thank Dr. Ruth Hötzel-Dickel,
Provenance: purchased directly from the artist; estate Curt Edgar Schreiber, former managing director of the watch factory Mauthe, Schwenningen, and successors. 
Hauptmann, Karl
1880
«Blick v. Blößling z. Wacht».
Öl auf Leinwand. U.l. sign. Verso auf dem Keilrahmen auf einem Originaletikett des Künstlers handschriftlich bet., 1940 dat. und bez. mit den Angaben zum Werk. Verso auf dem Keilrahmen handschriftlich bez. «Herrn C.E. Schreiber Schwenningen a.N.». Retuschen.
H. 70,5,
Als stünde der Betrachter hier selbst auf dem Blössling - einem Gipfel im Bernauer Hochtal gegenüber vom Herzogental -, so breitet sich vor ihm die Wacht aus, welche die Präg und das Wiesental mit dem Bernauer Hochtal verbindet. Das Gemälde wurde von Curt Edgar Schreiber, dem Urenkel des berühmten Uhrenfabrikanten Friedrich Mauthe, beim Künstler erworben.
Wir danken Frau Dr. Ruth Hötzel-Dickel,
Provenienz: erworben direkt beim Künstler; Nachlass Curt Edgar Schreiber, ehemaliger Geschäftsführer der Uhrenfabrik Mauthe, Schwenningen, und Nachfolge.