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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Herbstauktionen 04.–05.10.2013
Hauptmann, Karl
1880
«Alter Hof in St. Märgen an einem sonnigen Wintertag (farmhouse in St. Märgen on a sunny winter's day)». Gouache on paper. Signed lower right. Verso dated 21.III.1923. Verso on cardboard on old label inscribed by the son of the artist «Alter Hof St. Märgen (Schwarzwald) Gouache von Karl Hauptmann.
1880
«Alter Hof in St. Märgen an einem sonnigen Wintertag». Gouache/Papier. An einem Wintermorgen Blick auf zwei Schwarzwaldhöfe vor bewaldeter Kulisse. U.r. sign. Verso 21.III.1923 dat. Verso auf Rückkarton auf altem Etikett vom Sohn des Künstlers mit Bleistift bez. «Alter Hof St. Märgen (Schwarzwald) Gouache von Karl Hauptmann.
Gutachten: Dr. Ruth Hötzel-Dickel,
Die mit Bleistift geschriebenen Worte deuten laut Frau Dr. Hötzel-Dickel darauf hin, dass die Schwiegertochter des Künstlers, Heidi (Hedwig) Hauptmann, die Gouache zu Weihnachten 1964 verschenkt hat.