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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
Rodin, Auguste after
1840 Paris - 1917 Meudon.
«The Thinker».
Dark brown patinated bronze. Inscribed on the rock «Rodin» and «RAC» (Royal Art Collection), dated 1989, numbered 297/750 as well as foundry mark «KUNSTGUSS STREHLE», Winhöring.
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This work is a posthumous casting from an edition of 750 numbered copies. Cast by Kunstguss Strehle, Winhöring.
When Auguste Rodin conceived the well-known statue «The Thinker» as the central element crowning the monumental «Gates of Hell», the work was still entitled «The Poet». This was an allusion to the famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), who wrote the «Divine Comedy», which served as the literary model for Rodin's spectacular, visually stunning portal. The pose of this figure is inspired by the sculptural group «Ugolino and his sons» by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875) and the pensive statue of Lorenzo de' Medici by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564). Rodin's masterpiece has entered the collective visual memory and has become a symbol of the contemplative man himself, lost in thought.
Certificate: Kunsthaus Royal Art Collection, Hanover, n.d. 
Rodin, Auguste nach
1840 Paris - 1917 Meudon.
«Der Denker».
Bronze, dunkelbraun patiniert. Auf dem Felsen bez. «Rodin» und «RAC» (Royal Art Collection), 1989 dat., 297/750 num. sowie Gießerstempel «KUNSTGUSS STREHLE», Winhöring.
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Posthumer Guss aus einer Auflage von 750 nummerierten Exemplaren. Gegossen bei Kunstguss Strehle, Winhöring.
Als Auguste Rodin die unter dem Titel «Der Denker» weltbekannte Statue als zentrales, das monumentale «Höllentor» bekrönendes Element konzipierte, trug das Werk noch den Titel «Der Dichter», eine Anspielung auf den berühmten italienischen Poeten Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), der die «Göttliche Komödie» verfasste, welche als literarische Vorlage für Rodins spektakuläres, bildgewaltiges Portal diente. Die Pose dieser Figur ist der Skulpturengruppe «Ugolino und seine Söhne» von Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875) sowie der nachdenklichen Statue des Lorenzo de' Medici von Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) entlehnt. Rodins Meisterwerk ist in das kollektive Bildgedächtnis eingegangen und zu einem Symbol für den in Gedanken versunkenen, kontemplativen Menschen an sich geworden.
Zertifikat: Kunsthaus Royal Art Collection, Hannover, o.D.