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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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Heinsius, J.C.
Genre painter 18th/19th c. Presentation of the severed head of John the Baptist to Salome and Herodias. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed lower right. Restored, pigment loss. Provenance: South German private collection.
Genremaler 18./19. Jh.
Die Pr”sentation des Kopfes Johannes des T”ufers. ÷l/Lw., doubl. Der abgeschlagene Kopf des M”rtyrers, Salome und ihrer Mutter Herodias pr”sentiert. U.r. sign. Rest., Farbabsplitterungen. H. 91,5, B. 133 cm.
Im neuen Testament berichten Markus und Matth”us in ihren Evangelien ¸ber den Tod des Johannes. Demnach forderte Salome stellvertretend f¸r ihre Mutter Herodias, der zweiten Ehefrau des Herodes Antipas, vom K–nig den Kopf des Johannes. Das vorliegende Gem”lde zeigt den Moment, in dem den beiden Frauen das abgetrennte Haupt Johannes' auf einem Tablett pr”sentiert wird. Aus dieser Begebenheit resultierend entstand im Mittelalter ein besonderer Darstellungstypus, n”mlich die sogenannte ´Johannissch¸sselª, welche - die Bezeichnung legt es nahe - eine plastische Wiedergabe des Johanneskopfes in einer Schale ist. Man sprach ihr gemeinhin lindernde F”higkeiten bei Kopfschmerzen zu.
Provenienz: S¸ddeutsche Privatsammlung.