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
Arakawa, Shusaku
1936 Nagoya - 2010 New York.
«Untitled». Acrylic with pencil on canvas. Signed lower middle, titled and dated 1968. Verso signed again, titled and dated «1968 at New York». Verso on the stretcher an exhibition label of Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York, as well as two labels of the Gallery Schwarz, Milan, and the gallery art in progress, Munich, each with the work's data.
H 181, W 122 cm.
Shusaku Arakawa studied medicine and mathematics in Tokyo before moving to New York in 1961. First exhibited in the 1960s, his series of «Diagram Paintings» became representative of his conceptual paintings and can be interpreted as phase shift from three-dimensional shape to two-dimensional surface. Despite their analytical scheme, Arakawa's works of art are rather fragile, turning «pseudo-technical» drawings (diagrams) into poetic structures.
Consultation: We would like to thank Mr Stephen Hepworth, Director of Collections at the Reversible Destiny Foundation, New York, for the kind remarks, via
The Reversible Destiny Foundation was founded in 2010 by Arakawa and Madeline Gins to promote their work and philosophy in the areas of art, architecture and creative writing.
Provenance: Gallery Schwarz, Milan; Herbert and Virginia Lust, Greenwich, Connecticut; Gallery art in progress, Munich; private collection Switzerland.
Exhibition: Area Codes
We would like to thank Mrs Patricia Magnani, registrar, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, for the confirmation of the work being part of the exhibition mentioned above, via
Catalogue: Dritte Internationale Frühjahrsmesse Berliner Galerien 1971, Interessengemeinschaft Berliner Kunsthändler, Berlin 1971, p.58, ill. 13.
1936 Nagoya - 2010 New York.
«Untitled». Acryl mit Bleistift auf Leinwand. Mitte u. sign., bet. und 1968 dat. Verso nochmals sign., bet. und «1968 at New York» dat. Verso auf dem Keilrahmen ein Ausstellungsetikett des Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York, sowie ein Etikett der Galleria Schwarz, Milano, und ein Etikett der Galerie art in progress, München, jeweils mit den Angaben zum Werk.
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Shusaku Arakawa studierte Medizin und Mathematik in Tokio bevor er 1961 nach New York übersiedelte. In den 1960er Jahren stellte er erstmals seine Serie der «Diagram Paintings» aus, die repräsentativ für seinen konzeptionellen Stil stehen und in seinem Œuvre den Wechsel von der Dreidimensionalität hin zum Zweidimensionalen markieren. Seine Arbeiten sind trotz ihres vordergründig analytischen Schemas zart und zerbrechlich - aus pseudo-technischen Zeichnungen (Diagrammen) werden poetische Gebilde.
Beratung: Wir danken Herrn Stephen Hepworth, Sammlungsdirektor der Reversible Destiny Foundation, New York, für die freundlichen Hinweise via
Die Reversible Destiny Foundation wurde 2010 von Arakawa und Madeline Gins gegründet, um ihre Arbeit und Philosophie in den Bereichen Kunst, Architektur und kreativem Schreiben zu fördern.
Provenienz: Galleria Schwarz, Milano; Herbert und Virginia Lust, Greenwich, Connecticut; Galerie art in progress, München; Privatsammlung Schweiz.
Ausstellung: Area Codes
Wir danken Frau Patricia Magnani, Archivarin, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, für die Bestätigung der Teilnahme des Werkes an der o.g. Ausstellung, via
Katalog: Dritte Internationale Frühjahrsmesse Berliner Galerien 1971, Interessengemeinschaft Berliner Kunsthändler, Berlin 1971,