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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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Winterauktionen 20.–21.11.2020
Wotruba, Fritz
1907 Vienna - 1975 ibid.
«Kleine sitzende Figur (little sitting figure)».
1952/53. Dark patinated bronze. Signed lower right and numbered «923». Inside foundry mark «venturi arte», Bologna, and editor's stamp «euro art», Vienna, as well as a collection label.
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The geometrical abstract sculpture «Kleine sitzende Figur (little sitting figure)» was published by Edition Euro Art, Vienna, and cast by Venturi Arte, Bologna, in an edition of 1000 copies.
Fritz Wotruba is one of the most renowned Austrian sculptors of his time and in the early phase of his work, he reveals the extension of his human representations towards a detachment of forms.
His first solo exhibition in 1931 at the Folkwang Museum in Essen was soon followed by exhibitions at the Kunsthaus Zurich and the Biennale in Venice. After having emigrated to Switzerland he returned to Vienna in 1945 and continued his early success. Prestigious objects can be found above all in urban areas.
Provenance: private collection Frankfurt a.M.
Catalogue raisonné: Breicha/Janett 174/2. 
Wotruba, Fritz
1907 Wien - 1975 ebd.
«Kleine sitzende Figur».
1952/53. Bronze, dunkel patiniert. U.r. sign. und «923» num. Innen Gießerstempel «venturi arte», Bologna, und Stempel des Herausgebers «euro art», Wien, sowie ein Sammlungsetikett.
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Die geometrisch-abstrakte Plastik «Kleine sitzende Figur» wurde in einer Auflage von 1000 Exemplaren bei Edition Euro Art, Wien, verlegt und bei Venturi Arte, Bologna, gegossen.
Fritz Wotruba zählt zu den renommiertesten österreichischen Bildhauern seiner Zeit und lässt bereits in der Frühphase seines Schaffens die deutliche Streckung seiner menschlichen Darstellungen hin zu einer Loslösung der Formen erkennen. Seiner ersten Einzelausstellung 1931 im Essener Folkwang-Museum folgten alsbald Ausstellungen im Kunsthaus Zürich und auf der Biennale in Venedig. Nach seiner Emigration in die Schweiz kehrte er 1945 nach Wien zurück und knüpfte an frühe Erfolge an. Prestigeträchtige Objekte finden sich vor allem im urbanen Raum.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung Frankfurt a.M.
Werkverzeichnis: Breicha/Janett 174/2.