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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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Maatsch, Thilo
1900 Braunschweig - 1983 Königslutter.
«Bildnis eines Stinnesen (Portrait of a Stinnese)». Oil on cardboard. Signed upper left. Verso signed., dated (19)28 and inscribed «Maatsch Königslutter», with title and address stamp of the artist. Provenance: private collection. 
1900 Braunschweig - 1983 Königslutter.
«Bildnis eines Stinnesen». Öl/Karton. Abstrahiertes Brustporträt eines Mannes mit Melone vor einem Fenster. O.l. sign. Verso sign., (19)28 dat. sowie bez. «Maatsch Königslutter» und bet. Verso Adresstempel des Künstlers. H. 37, B. 30,5 cm.
Das Porträt stammt aus Maatschs kubistisch beeinflusster Phase, wie an den geometrischen Formenelementen in der Kleidung und im Gesicht des Porträtierten zu erkennen ist. Bei dem Dargestellten handelt es sich um einen der einflussreichsten Männer der Weimarer Republik, den Industriellen und Politiker Hugo Stinnes. Das Gemälde bildet allerdings nicht einfach die Person Stinnes ab, sondern schafft eine Art Sinnbild für die Skrupellosigkeit des frühkapitalistischen Industrie-Imperialisten. Auch die Wortschöpfung Stinnese, zusammengesetzt aus dem Namen Stinnes und Chinese, deutet auf die Prototypisierung dieser Art von Machtmenschen hin.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung.