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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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Herbstauktionen 23.–24.09.2016
Lam, Wifredo
1902 Sagua la Grande - 1982 Paris.
Untitled - preparatory sketch for the project «La Rampa». Wax crayon on transparent paper. Signed lower right. Inscribed several times at the lower margin, as well as stamped «Talleres Ornacen s.a.». Tears and creasing along the margins. Unframed.
Preparatory sketch for the famous floor mosaic by Wifredo Lam at Boulevard La Rampa in Havana, Cuba. For this art project several Cuban artists, like Wifredo Lam and René Portocarrero, have been asked to create designs for granite sidewalk mosaics. These mosaics still exist today and dominate the character of this entertainment mile as abstract geometrical signs. The present work has been used directly in the production process and bears the corresponding notes, as well as the stamps of the companies and persons involved in the execution. Unique work of high documentary value.
Enclosed a letter by the National Cultural Council Consejo Nacional de Cultura regarding the organisation of the project, dated 22.09.1963. The present work is mentioned there under the number 13 as factory sketch for the floor mosaic.
Provenance: estate of Mario Coylua Cowley, Cuban star architect; since then private possession Canada.
1902 Sagua la Grande - 1982 Paris.
Ohne Titel - Entwurf für das Projekt «La Rampa». Wachskreide auf Transparentpapier. U.r. sign. Am unteren Rand mehrfach bez. sowie gestempelt «Talleres Ornacen s.a.». Einrisse und Knicke entlang der Blattkanten.
H. 100,6,
Entwurfszeichnung für das berühmte Bodenmosaik von Wifredo Lam auf dem Boulevard La Rampa in Havanna, Kuba. Für dieses Projekt lieferten mehrere kubanische Künstler, neben Wifredo Lam auch René Portocarrero, Entwürfe für Granitmosaiken, die bis heute als abstrakte geometrische Zeichen den Charakter der Vergnügungsmeile prägen. Das hier gezeigte Werk wurde als direkte Vorlage verwendet und trägt die entsprechenden Notizen sowie Stempel der an der Ausführung beteiligten Personen und Firmen. Einzigartige Arbeit von hohem dokumentarischen Wert.
Anbei ein Schreiben des Nationalen Kulturrates Consejo Nacional de Cultura bezüglich der Planung des Projektes, datiert 22.09.1963. Dort unter der
Provenienz: Nachlass Mario Coyula Cowley, kubanischer Stararchitekt; seitdem Privatbesitz Kanada.