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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 19.–20.10.2018
Ikone des Heiligen Nikolaus mit Riza
Icon of Saint Nicholas with riza. Russia around 1900. Egg tempera over chalk ground on panel, and gilt silver 84 zolotnik. Half-figure portrait of Saint Nicholas with gospel book giving a blessing. Christ and Mary besides his head. Chiselled riza with relief and attached halo. Hallmark with the initials of the assay master (datable
H 31,5, W 27 cm.
Among the circa twelve thousand saints of Orthodox Church, Saint Nicholas is the most depicted. He has especially taken care of the sick and cured them, on which his great popularity is based.
Provenance: private collection 
Russland um 1900. Eitempera über Kreidegrund auf Holz, und Silber 84 Solotnik, vergoldet. Halbfigurenbild des Heiligen Nikolaus mit Evangelienbuch und zum Segensgestus erhobener Hand. Christus und Maria zu Seiten seines Hauptes. Reliefierte, fein ziselierte Riza mit aufgesetztem Nimbus. Feingehaltsstempel mit den Initialen des Beschaumeisters (datierbar
H. 31,5,
Unter den etwa zwölftausend Heiligen der orthodoxen Kirche wird der Heilige Nikolaus am häufigsten dargestellt. Er hat sich besonders der Kranken angenommen und sie geheilt, worauf seine große Beliebtheit gründet.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung