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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
City view of Freiburg.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower left und inscribed «Frbg.». Isolated white shrinking cracks.
H 45, W 100 cm.
The centrally positioned cathedral and the Freiburg coat of arms «Red Cross on White Ground» in the upper right corner allow the viewer to recognize the city immediately. Embedded in the landscape, it stretches in a northeasterly direction as far as Lorettoberg and Schönberg. The left half of the picture shows the Johanneskirche and the Schwabentor. On the right, the towers of the Martinskirche, the Ludwigskirche and the Martinstor rise above the roofs of the city. At the outer left edge is the Schlossberg with the Café Dattler and the Bismarckturm.
Only one other city view of Freiburg by Hauptmann is known.
Literature: Ruth Hötzel-Dickel, Karl Hauptmann der Feldbergmaler, Feldberg 1993,
We would like to thank Dr. Ruth Hötzel-Dickel, 
Hauptmann, Karl
1880
Freiburger Stadtansicht.
Öl auf Leinwand. U.l. sign. und bez. «Frbg.». Vereinzelt Frühschwundrisse.
H.
Das zentral positionierte Münster und das Freiburger Wappen «Rotes Kreuz auf weißem Grund» in der rechten oberen Ecke, lassen den Betrachter die Stadt sofort erkennen. Eingebettet in die Landschaft erstreckt sie sich in Richtung Nordosten bis hin zum Lorettoberg und Schönberg. In der linken Bildhälfte zeigen sich die Johanneskirche und das Schwabentor. Auf der rechten Seite erheben sich die Türme der Martinskirche, der Ludwigskirche und des Martinstors über die Dächer der Stadt. Am äußeren linken Rand ragt der Schlossberg mit dem Café Dattler und dem Bismarckturm auf.
Es ist nur eine weitere Freiburger Stadtansicht von Hauptmann bekannt.
Literatur: Ruth Hötzel-Dickel, Karl Hauptmann der Feldbergmaler, Feldberg 1993,
Wir danken Frau Dr. Ruth Hötzel-Dickel,