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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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Brassauw, Melchior attr.
1709 (?) - 1757 oder später (?).
Pair of ideal portraits of an elegant lady and a noble man. Oil on panel, cradled. Unsigned. Verso each with a label, inscribed «J.K. Seekatz».
These paintings can not be understood as portraits of real existing persons, but as character studies (so called tronies) of exquisitely fine quality. Melchior Brassauw produced a lot of such ideal portraits in various degrees of quality, weaker works are merely studio products. Very characteristic of Brassauw's own hand is the masterly treatment of the feathers on the hats, the skilful differentiation of the details of various textile surfaces, as well as the enamel-like melting of the paint layers.
Assessment: We would like to thank Mr Fred Meijer, Conservator, Afd. Oude Nederlandse Schilderkunst/Curator, Dpt. of Old Netherlandish Painting, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, for the scientific advice via
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 19.05.1976, lot 196 (as David de Noter); Gallery Katz, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1977; private property border triangle.
Invoice: Gallery Katz, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 28.03.1977 (as «J.C. Seekatz»).
1709 (?) - 1757 oder später (?).
Idealporträts einer eleganten Dame und eines vornehmen Herrn. Öl auf Holz, parkettiert. Unsign. Verso je ein altes Etikett, bez. «J.K. Seekatz».
Die Bildnisse sind nicht als Porträts real existierender Personen zu verstehen, sondern Charakterstudien (sogenannte Tronies) von ausnehmend schöner Qualität. Melchior Brassauw fertigte zahlreiche solcher Idealporträts an, die in der Qualität der Ausführung stark variieren, schwächere Arbeiten können mehrheitlich als Werkstattarbeiten eingestuft werden. Charakteristisch für die eigenhändigen Werke Brassauws sind die meisterhafte Ausführung der Federn und die gekonnte Differenzierung textiler Oberflächen sowie der emailartige Schmelz der Malerei.
Beurteilung: Wir danken Herrn Fred Meijer, Conservator, Afd. Oude Nederlandse Schilderkunst/Curator, Dpt. of Old Netherlandish Painting, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, für die wissenschaftliche Beratung via
Provenienz: Sotheby's London, 19.05.1976, Los 196 (als David de Noter); Galerie Katz, St. Moritz, Schweiz, 1977; Privatbesitz Dreiländereck.
Rechnung: Galerie Katz, St. Moritz, Schweiz, 28.03.1977 (als «J.C. Seekatz»).