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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Winterauktionen 19.–20.11.2021
Wenglein, Josef
1845 Munich - 1919 Bad Tölz.
Evening twilight in the marshland under a turbulent cloudy sky.
Oil on panel. Signed lower right (incised). Verso numbered probably by a different hand «71312», «642/5» and «122/254», handwritten annotation of former owner «Paul von Bleichert» as well as branding stamp «HK», not interpreted.
H 22,
Authentication: We would like to thank Mr Franz Gailer, Inselgalerie Gailer, Frauenchiemsee, for the authentication via
Provenance: probably collection Max Paul von Bleichert (1877 - 1938), German industrial magnate; private collection München.
It is probable that this work may be the painting «Sonnenuntergang im Moos (sunset in the Marsh)» (Heinemann
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