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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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3222
Winterauktionen 19.–20.11.2021
Meytens, Martin van the Younger school
1695 Stockholm - 1770 Vienna.
Portrait emperor Francis I.
Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Verso on the stretcher on a label handwritten inscribed «Bildnis von Franz I. Deutscher Kaiser. Franz Stephan aus dem Hause Lothringen, Gemahl Maria Theresias gemalt von Martijn van Meytens d.J. ca. anno 1755 Kaiserlicher Kammermaler zu Wien Restauriert von Maler Woldemar Kohlund, München 1962-63 (portrait of Francis I German Emperor. Francis Stephen from the House of Lorraine, husband of Maria Theresa painted by Martijn van Meytens the Younger circa anno 1755 imperial court painter at Vienna Restored by painter Woldemar Kohlund, Munich 1962-63)».
H 150,
Francis I Stephen of Lorraine (1708 - 1765), Holy Roman Emperor, is depicted in a magnificent court robe embroidered with gold thread and white, probably Brabant lace. Part of the weight of his cloak rests on a throne behind him, while the high medieval Imperial Crown, an imperial orb and another crown that cannot be identified more precisely are on a table in front of him. These symbols of power legitimised his claim to rule, which was questioned in many ways. With programmatic portraits such as these, nobles in the provinces of the empire, such as the governors of Ortenau from the House of Neveu, could express their loyalty to the House of Habsburg. According to the fashion of the time and as befits an emperor, he wears an allonge wig and a hat with dyed ostrich feathers. The Order of the Golden Fleece on his chest is the House Order of the Habsburg and refers to his marriage into the Austrian archhouse. Franz Stephan and Maria Theresa founded the Habsburg-Lorraine line.
This monumental state portrait is set in a fully gilded, magnificent wooden frame, which is in the flourishing South German Rococo style and whose typical ornamentation features dynamic wavy crests, intertwined C-arches, naturalistic floral tendrils, burst pomegranates, and a double-headed eagle emblem.
The portrait of his wife Maria Theresa of Austria is conceived as a counterpart (lot 3223).
Statement: We would like to thank Dr. Georg Lechner, curator of the Baroque collection, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, for the scientific consultation via
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Marcus Köhler, Technische Universität Dresden, for the kind remarks via
Provenance: private property of the family of Neveu, Durbach.
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