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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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Frühjahrsauktionen 14.–16.06.2012
Köthe, Fritz
1916 Berlin - 2005 ebd.
E Cleavage. Watercolour on paper. Dated 1966 and monogrammed lower left. Passepartout. Provenance: gallery R. Kowallek, Frankfurt a.M.; since 1979 in private collection.
1916 Berlin - 2005 ebd.
Dekolletee. Aquarell/Papier. Bildausschnitt einer Plakatwand mit sich ablösender, Falten werfender, gelb-grüner Papierschicht, den Blick freigebend auf ein Dekolletee in rotem Bikini-Oberteil. U.l. 1966 dat. und monogr. H. 38, B. 49 cm (Blattgröße). Passepartout.
Ab 1966 setzen sich in Köthes Œuvre verstärkt von Plakatwänden entlehnte Bildmotive durch. Bald wirkt das Bild selbst wie eine Plakatwand mit Leimspuren, Kniffen, zerrissenen und sich überlagernden Papierschichten in meisterlichem Trompe-l'oeil. Köthes Werke vermitteln eine Wirklichkeit aus zweiter Hand, die sich aus Bildfragmenten der Reklame und der großstädtischen Bilderwelt zusammensetzt. Durch seine langjährige Erfahrung als Werbegraphiker hat Köthe einen scharfen Blick für diese Ästhetik des Konsums entwickelt.
Provenienz: Galerie R. Kowallek, Frankfurt a.M.; seit 1979 in Privatsammlung.