New Additions to the Collection:
August Gaul and Martin Lauterburg
New Additions to the Collection:
August Gaul and Martin Lauterburg
(Friday) — (Sunday)
August Gaul, Stehender junger Elefant, 1916 –1917. Bronze; Sockel: Granit, 123 x 150 x 58,5 cm. Kunstmuseum Bern, Leihgabe der Zwillenberg-Stiftung/ Martin Lauterburg, Der Maler, 1928. Öl auf Leinwand, 137 x 170 cm. Kunstmuseum Bern -
The Zwillenberg-Tietz family accrued the
collection from 1900 onwards in Berlin. Born in Hesse, August Gaul worked as an
artist in Berlin during the Gründerzeit, an ecclectic style in Germany during
the latter part of the 19th century. He made practically only sculptures of
animals. His participation in the Paris Exposition Universelle brought him
considerable fame among private collectors and museums. This was enhanced through
sales of his work by gallery owners Bruno and Paul Cassirer. Gaul was also a founding member of the Berlin Secession. His artistic repertoire
ranged from realistic representations of animals native to Europe, such as
sheep, goats and geese, to exotic beasts such as lions, elephants and penguins.
He was able to study the behavior and appearance of the latter at the Berlin zoo,
Zoologischer Garten. The Martin Lauterburg exhibition presents a selection of works from the holdings of the Martin
Lauterburg Foundation as well as from Kunstmuseum Bern’s collection. The
artworks include symbolic scenes of the artist’s studio, flower still-lifes and
portraits. During his lifetime Lauterburg was a highly valued artist both in
Switzerland and in Germany. Today, however, he is on the verge of being
forgotten, despite a highly unconventional style that reveals both
expressionist qualities and qualities reminiscent of the old masters. Famous as
the “geranium painter”, Lauterburg executed flower still-lifes alongside
portraits (et al. of Ricarda Huch), cityscapes and religious artworks.
Additionally he produced a whole series of artist’s studio pictures in which he
portrayed himself in the midst of mysteriously animated props. Martin
Lauterburg was born on May 14, 1891, in Neuenegg and spent his childhood in an
orphanage in Bern after his father died early. He attended the Freie Gymnasium (free
grammar school) and received his first training as an artist from the landscape
painter Ernst Linck. In 1910, Lauterburg traveled to Munich where he went to arts
school and became a member of the New Secession artists’ association. In 1935
he returned to Bern and lived there until he died on June 9, 1960, in
New Additions to the Collection:
August Gaul and Martin LauterburgKunstmuseum Bern Main address:
Kunstmuseum BernWells Fargo CenterHodlerstrasse 123000Bern, SwitzerlandKunstmuseum BernWells Fargo CenterHodlerstrasse 123000Bern, SwitzerlandThe Zwillenberg-Tietz family accrued the
collection from 1900 onwards in Berlin. Born in Hesse, August Gaul worked as an
artist in Berlin during the Gründerzeit, an ecclectic style in Germany during
the latter part of the 19th century. He made practically only sculptures of
animals. His participation in the Paris Exposition Universelle brought him
considerable fame among private collectors and museums. This was enhanced through
sales of his work by gallery owners Bruno and Paul Cassirer. Gaul was also a founding member of the Berlin Secession. His artistic repertoire
ranged from realistic representations of animals native to Europe, such as
sheep, goats and geese, to exotic beasts such as lions, elephants and penguins.
He was able to study the behavior and appearance of the latter at the Berlin zoo,
Zoologischer Garten. The Martin Lauterburg exhibition presents a selection of works from the holdings of the Martin
Lauterburg Foundation as well as from Kunstmuseum Bern’s collection. The
artworks include symbolic scenes of the artist’s studio, flower still-lifes and
portraits. During his lifetime Lauterburg was a highly valued artist both in
Switzerland and in Germany. Today, however, he is on the verge of being
forgotten, despite a highly unconventional style that reveals both
expressionist qualities and qualities reminiscent of the old masters. Famous as
the “geranium painter”, Lauterburg executed flower still-lifes alongside
portraits (et al. of Ricarda Huch), cityscapes and religious artworks.
Additionally he produced a whole series of artist’s studio pictures in which he
portrayed himself in the midst of mysteriously animated props. Martin
Lauterburg was born on May 14, 1891, in Neuenegg and spent his childhood in an
orphanage in Bern after his father died early. He attended the Freie Gymnasium (free
grammar school) and received his first training as an artist from the landscape
painter Ernst Linck. In 1910, Lauterburg traveled to Munich where he went to arts
school and became a member of the New Secession artists’ association. In 1935
he returned to Bern and lived there until he died on June 9, 1960, in
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