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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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Herbstauktionen 19.–20.10.2018
Fei, Liu
Geb. 1964 Nanjing, lebt und arbeitet in Beijing.
«No. 4» (take a photo for me). Oil on canvas. Signed, dated 2001 and titled lower left.
H 99,8, W 70,3 cm.
Liu Fei depicts young, bald women in an interplay between conformity and self-presentation, with a broad, excessive grin and radiant faces in expressive, often negatively connoted poses and thus comments critically on the image of the woman in Asiatic region and the constant urge to «keep one's countenance». Painted in an almost photorealistic manner with a flat application of paint - a characteristic of the artist - the painting suggests spontaneity and almost acts like an impulsive snapshot of a young woman staging herself.
Verbal authentication: We would like to thank Mr Franz Schlag, Gallery Franz Schlag, Essen, for the verbal authentication, based on photos, 24.07.2013.
Provenance: Sungari International Auction, Beijing, 2007, lot 1299; since then private collection. 
Geb. 1964 Nanjing, lebt und arbeitet in Beijing.
«No. 4» (take a photo for me). Öl auf Leinwand. U.l. sign., 2001 dat. und bet.
H. 99,8,
Liu Fei zeigt junge glatzköpfige Frauen im Wechselspiel zwischen Konformität und Selbstdarstellung, mit breitem, überzogenem Grinsen und strahlenden Gesichtern in expressiven, oftmals negativ konnotierten Posen und nimmt damit kritisch Stellung zum Bild der Frau im asiatischen Raum und dem ständigen Drang des «Gesicht Bewahrens». In beinahe photorealistischer Manier gemalt und mit für den Künstler typischem flachem Farbauftrag, suggeriert das Gemälde dem Betrachter Spontanität und wirkt fast wie ein momenthafter Schnappschuss einer sich selbst inszenierenden jungen Frau.
Mündliche Echtheitsbestätigung: Wir danken Herrn Franz Schlag, Galerie Franz Schlag, Essen, für die mündliche Bestätigung der Echtheit, anhand von Photos, 24.07.2013.
Provenienz: Sungari International Auction, Beijing, 2007, Los 1299; seitdem Privatsammlung.