Carl Knauf, Homestead in the Mountains, circa 1925

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Carl Knauf, Homestead in the Mountains, circa 1925

About the Item

Oil on canvas. Signed "Carl Knauf". The German landscape and genre painter Carl Knauf was born in 1893 in Godesberg am Rhein. He studied at the renowned Düsseldorf Art Academy. From 1921 he was a regular participant in exhibitions, among others in Königsberg (today: Kaliningrad, Russia) and Memel (today: Klaipeda, Lithuania). From 1931 until his death in 1944 he lived and worked in Nidden (today: Nida, Lithuania) in his own summer house on the "Schwiegermutterberg", which had been designed by the Memel architect Herbert Reissmann, who also designed Thomas Mann's summer house. The small town of Nidden on the Curonian Spit on the Baltic Sea coast achieved international fame as an artists' colony. At the beginning of the 20th century, the charming landscape, which stands between the sea, dunes, forests and bays, felt like an ideal place to live. At the beginning of the 20th century many of the most important artists of that time were attracted: Nobel Prize laureate author Thomas Mann (1875-1955), the art collector and patron Hermann Blode (1862-1934) and the landscape painter Ernst Mollenhauer (1892-1963) owned houses in Nidden; influential painters like Lovis Corinth (1858-1925), Max Pechstein (1881-1955) and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) were regular guests. In this climate of artistry and intellectual exchange, Carl Knauf created a large number of works, often depicting landscape views from the Nidden region. Knauf also travelled extensively, often visiting his homeland, the Rhineland, as well as the Alpine region, Italy and North Africa. These journeys provided a rich treasure of various subjects, which he realized in his paintings. Stylistically, Carl Knauf is among the late impressionist (or post-impressionist) painters. The artists of that time worked in the awareness that what one sees depends on how one sees it, and especially on when it is seen. The gaze is guided by the preconditions of perception and time. With this understanding of art, post-impressionism acted as a pioneer of modernity.

Creator:
Carl Knauf (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 26.78 in (68 cm)Width: 31.5 in (80 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
Germany
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1925
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Kiel, DE
Reference Number:
Seller: GEM6431stDibs: LU4407213361331