
Wilhelm Hasemann (16 September 1850,
Mühlberg – 28 November 1913,
Gutach) was a German
genre
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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
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe or is an academy of arts in Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany.
History
The Academy was founded in 1854 by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, with the landscape painter Johann ...
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
novella
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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
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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
full text online
* 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
*
Kunstmuseum Hasemann-Liebich in Gutach
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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