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
Hauptmann, Karl
1880
Autumn in the Black Forest. Pencil and coloured pencil on wove paper. Signed lower left and dated «3. Sept. 42». Verso on the back board estate stamp Karl Hauptmann, inscribed by Karin and Gaby Hauptmann, granddaughters of the artist.
Provenance: family of the artist.
1880
Herbst im Schwarzwald. Bleistift und Farbstift auf Velin. U.l. sign. und «3. Sept. 42» dat. Verso auf der Rahmenrückwand Nachlassstempel Karl Hauptmann, bez. von Karin und Gaby Hauptmann, Enkelinnen des Künstlers.
H. 22,5,
Provenienz: Familie des Künstlers.