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
Matches: 1/1 overview | send e-mail | Survey of the artists
3224
Winterauktionen 20.–21.11.2020
Bamboccianti painter
Rome mid
Family at the well.
Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Surface soiling, white shrinking cracks, retouchings.
H 47,
The term «bamboccianti» is derived from the Italian word «bamboccio», still in use today as a swearword, which in its original meaning refers to a shapeless doll. As the physique of the painter Pieter van Laer reminded his contemporaries of one, his personal epithet developed into a term for the mostly Dutch and Flemish masters who lived in Rome in the
Provenance: private collection Ortenau.
Maler der Bamboccianti
Rom Mitte
Familie am Brunnen.
Öl auf Leinwand, doubliert. Unsign. Oberflächenverschmutzung, Frühschwundrisse, Retuschen.
H.
Der Begriff der Bamboccianti geht auf das italienische Wort bamboccio zurück, bis heute als Schimpfwort gebräuchlich, das in seiner ursprünglichen Bedeutung eine unförmige Puppe bezeichnet. Da der Körperbau des Malers Pieter van Laer seine Zeitgenossen an eine solche erinnerte, entwickelte sich aus seinem persönlichen Beinamen ein Begriff für die zumeist niederländischen und flämischen Meister, die im
Provenienz: Privatsammlung Ortenau.