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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Herbstauktionen
Spitzweg, Carl
1808 München - 1885 ebd.
«Auf der Ruhebank (on the bench)». Circa 1860. Oil on panel. Unsigned. Verso handwritten inscribed on a label «Bezeuge hiermit, daß das Bild "Auf der Ruhebank" von C. Spitzweg Oel auf Holz 25 cm breit 14 cm hoch von unserem Onkel Kunstmaler Carl Spitzweg gemalt und 1886 in unseren Besitz übergegangen ist. München, den 25. Mai 1914. Unterschrift: E. Spitzweg». On the label estate stamp «Spitzweg» and S in the rhombus. Restored.
Preparatory sketch for the painting «Ausruhende Spaziergänger (resting walkers)» (Wichmann 577), located at Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, inventory number G3.
Provenance: Lempertz, Cologne, 22.11.1979, lot 573; Weichmann, Wiesbaden, 22.11.1980, lot 607.
Catalogue raisonné: Wichmann 576.
1808 München - 1885 ebd.
«Auf der Ruhebank». Um 1860. Öl auf Holz. Unsign. Verso auf einem alten, handschriftlich ausgefüllten Etikett bez. «Bezeuge hiermit, daß das Bild "Auf der Ruhebank" von C. Spitzweg Oel auf Holz 25 cm breit 14 cm hoch von unserem Onkel Kunstmaler Carl Spitzweg gemalt und 1886 in unseren Besitz übergegangen ist. München, den 25. Mai 1914. Unterschrift: E. Spitzweg». Auf dem Etikett mit Nachlassstempel «Spitzweg» und S im Rhombus. Altrest.
H. 13,9,
Vorbereitende Skizze zu dem Gemälde «Ausruhende Spaziergänger» (Wichmann 577), im Besitz der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Inventarnr. G3.
Provenienz: Lempertz, Köln, 22.11.1979, Los 573; Weichmann, Wiesbaden, 22.11.1980, Los 607.
Werkverzeichnis: Wichmann 576.