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Wilhelm Hasemann (16 September 1850, Mühlberg – 28 November 1913, Gutach) was a German
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painter and illustrator.


Life and career

Hasemann was the only son of a mechanic and left school at the age of fifteen to work in his father's shop. After displaying some artistic talent, he went to study at the Prussian Academy of Arts, the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School and the
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where he was a student of Gustav Schönleber. In 1880, he visited the village of Gutach for the first time as part of an assignment to illustrate the
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"Lorle, die Frau Professorin" by Berthold Auerbach. Later, he and his brother-in-law Curt Liebich would establish an artists' colony at Gutach. In 1898, he was named a Professor by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden. Hasemenn's paintings focused on rural life, customs and traditional dress, and his works were widely reproduced as postcards and magazine illustrations. He often collaborated with the writer Heinrich Hansjakob, who lived nearby in Haslach. They shared an interest in preserving the culture of the
Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...
region. The primary and secondary schools in Gutach are named after him, as well as the art museum and the game preserve between Hausach and Schonach.Kunstmuseum Hasemann-Liebich
''Wilhelm Hasemann''
/ref> In addition, the mountain hut on the Farrenkopf on the Westweg between Hausach and Schonach bears his name.


References


Further reading

* Ludwig Vögely: "Der Schwarzwaldmaler Wilhelm Hasemann (1850–1913)." In ''Badische Heimat'' 69 (1989) pgs.13–25
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* Georg A. Kuhlins: "Wilhelm Hasemann. Ein Maler aus dem Kreis Liebenwerda." In ''Schwarze Elster'' Nr. 29 (606) Kreismuseum Bad Liebenwerda 1988 * Hermann Busse: ''Der Schwarzwaldmaler Wilhelm Hasemann'', Bühl-Konkordia, Leipzig, 1921.


External links

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Kunstmuseum Hasemann-Liebich in Gutach


{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasemann, Wilhelm 1850 births 1913 deaths People from Mühlberg, Brandenburg Artists from the Province of Brandenburg German genre painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists Black Forest Prussian Academy of Arts alumni