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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
Casissa, Nicola circle of
Active in Naples between 1680 and 1731.
Two counterparts. Baroque ornate still lifes with masked fountain.
Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Retouchings. Restored.
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Exuberantly luxuriant, colourful bouquets of flowers, uniting the blossoms of different seasons, juicy flesh of overripe melons and the velvety soft surface of fragrant peaches are united on these impressive Baroque still lifes. From grotesque masks, crystal-clear cool water, the origin of all nature's gifts, gurgles into shell-shaped, overflowing bowls. The grimaces of the fountains are the faces of the silenos and fauns, the lustful, wine-loving inhabitants of the forest, whose animalistic and unbridled activity remains hidden from us here. The Baroque metropolis of Naples, brimming with an exhilarating zest for life and enticing with bacchantic fire, is to be assumed as the place of origin of these sensual and voluptuous compositions.
Statement: We would like to thank Dr. Fred Meijer, Amsterdam, for the scientific consultation via
Provenance: private possession Princess Ella of Thurn and Taxis, until the 1930s Rome, then Duino castle, Trieste, lastly Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio; as a gift for the wedding of her step-granddaughter Princess Diane of Bourbon-Parma with Prince Franz-Josef of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1955, transferred to her private property Sigmaringen castle, after 1961 Stuttgart and from 1964 on Bad Krozingen; in 2020 by succession transferred to her children. 
Casissa, Nicola Umkreis
Tätig in Neapel zwischen 1680 und 1731.
Paar Gegenstücke. Barocke Prunkstillleben mit Maskenbrunnen.
Öl auf Leinwand, doubliert. Unsign. Retuschen. Altrest.
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Überbordend üppige, farbenfrohe Blumenbouquets, die Blüten unterschiedlicher Jahreszeiten vereinend, saftiges Fruchtfleisch überreifer Melonen und die samtig weiche Oberfläche duftender Pfirsiche sind auf diesen eindrucksvollen barocken Prunkstillleben vereint. Aus grotesken Masken perlt gurgelnd kristallklares, kühles Nass, der Ursprung aller Gaben der Natur, in muschelförmige, überlaufende Schalen. Die Fratzen der Brunnen sind die Gesichter der Silene und Faune, der lüsternen, weinseligen Bewohner des Waldes, deren animalisches und zügelloses Treiben uns hier verborgen bleibt. Die vor berauschender Lebenslust strotzende und mit bacchantischem Feuer lockende Barockmetropole Neapel ist als Ursprungsort dieser sinnenfrohen und schwelgerischen Kompositionen anzunehmen.
Stellungnahme: Wir danken Herrn Dr. Fred Meijer, Amsterdam, für die wissenschaftliche Beratung via
Provenienz: Privatbesitz Prinzessin Ella von Thurn und Taxis, bis in die 1930er Jahre Rom, danach Schloss Duino, Triest, zuletzt Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio; als Geschenk zur Hochzeit ihrer Stiefenkelin Prinzessin Diane von Bourbon-Parma mit Prinz Franz-Josef von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1955 übergegangen in deren Privatbesitz auf Schloss Sigmaringen, nach 1961 Stuttgart und ab 1964 Bad Krozingen; 2020 durch Erbfolge übergegangen an deren Kinder.