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 06.–08.12.2012
Hillingford, Robert Alexander attr.
1825 London - 1904 (?).
Antiques dealer. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Verso inscribed «Hillingford» and indistinctly titled. Retouching.
1825 London - 1904 (?).
Der Antiquitätenhändler. Öl/Lw., doubl. In der Mitte eines dunklen Raumes ein alter Herr in einem Buch lesend auf einem Sessel sitzend, vor ihm eine Ansammlung von Antiquitäten stehend. Links neben ihm eine junge Dame mit einer Silberkanne auf die Begutachtung wartend, ebenso wie ein junger Mann rechts hinter ihm. Unsign. Verso auf Keilrahmen bez. «Hillingford» sowie unleserlich bet. Retuschen. H. 37, B. 54,5 cm.