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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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Hamilton, Karl Wilhelm de Nachfolge
1668 Brüssel - 1754 Augsburg.
Follower of Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton. Sottobosco. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Small holes in the canvas. Restored.
This type of forest floor still life, called Sottobosco, represents a particular sort of still life painting in the 17th Century. Pioneer and main representative of this genre is Otto Marseus van Schrieck. Presented are insights into biotopes with wild growing flowers, various plants, roots and undergrowth, populated by small animals like lizards, frogs and insects, mostly in seemingly mysterious lighting or held in the dark. After his return from Italy van Schrieck caused a real run on those forest floor still life paintings which lasted for almost two decades. His pupils Matthias Withoos and Elias van den Broeck continued to produce paintings from this genre, whereby the landscape aspect became increasingly important over time. The strong influence of Otto Marseus van Schrieck is also clearly visible in works by Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Abraham Mignon, Rachel Ruysch and Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton, who is a direct follower of van Schrieck and an important representative of the Sottobosco genre.
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 
1668 Brüssel - 1754 Augsburg.
Sottobosco. Öl auf Leinwand. Unsign. Kl. Löcher in der Leinwand. Altrest.
Der Bildtypus des Waldbodenstilllebens, Sottobosco genannt, stellt eine besondere Form der Stilllebenmalerei dar. Als Hauptvertreter dieses Genre gilt Otto Marseus van Schrieck. Dargestellt sind Einblicke in Biotope mit wild wachsenden Blumen, diversen Pflanzen, Wurzelwerk und Gestrüpp, bevölkert von kleinen Tieren wie Eidechsen, Fröschen und Insekten, meist in mysteriös anmutender Beleuchtung oder im Dunkel gehalten. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Italien löste van Schrieck eine regelrechte Mode für diese Waldstillleben aus, die nahezu zwei Jahrzehnte anhielt. Seine Schüler Matthias Withoos und Elias van den Broeck führten den Typus des Sottobosco weiter, wobei im Laufe der Zeit der landschaftliche Aspekt immer mehr an Bedeutung gewann. Der starke Einfluss Otto Marseus van Schriecks ist auch in Werken von Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Abraham Mignon, Rachel Ruysch und Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton spürbar, der als direkter Nachfolger Schriecks und wichtiger Vertreter des Sottobosco-Genres gesehen werden kann.
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