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Gutach Artist Colony
The small town of Gutach in the Black Forrest, place of origin of the typical Black Forest costume and the typical hat, had already been an inspiring place for Ludwig Knaus and the Swiss artist Benjamin Vautier (1829-98). The actual painter's colony Gutach was founded by Wilhelm Hasemann (1850-1913), whom the folk writer Berthold Auerbach called to the Black Forest on the basis of a book illustration in 1883. Ever since numerous works in en plein air style were made in Gutach, among the highlights is the "Wallfahrtskirche in Triberg" (Pilgrimage Church in Triberg, 1891).
Many other artists would follow the example of Wilhelm Hasemann in the 1880s, coming to Gutach for short visits or longer stays. Among them were Gustav Schönleber, Hermann Baisch, Adolf Des Coudres, Friedrich Kallmorgen, Leopold Graf von Kalkreuth, Gustav Kampmann, Edmund Kanoldt, Albert Kappis and Christian Landenberger, who was already working in Impressionism. Curt Liebich and Ernst Kielwein folowed in the 1890s, as well as the illustrator Fritz Reiss, who was a frequent guest in Gutach. It is even assumed that Max Liebermann stayed in the small town in the Black Forest for a while.
Unlike other villages that hosted artists' colonies in the late 19th century, Gutach was not at all a completely remote rural idyll, but yet, it possessed a very own and special culture, which also attracted the painters, first and foremost Wilhelm Hasemann, who saw that the culture was in danger because of the progressing industrialization. Thus he fought for the preservation of the typical costumes and the architecture.
This concern also showed in the art of Wilhelm Hasemann and the people around him, as they made realistic en plein air paintings, which captured the surroundings in an authentic manner, at the same time they documented the changes.
The small town of Gutach in the Black Forrest, place of origin of the typical Black Forest costume and the typical hat, had already been an inspiring place for Ludwig Knaus and the Swiss artist Benjamin Vautier (1829-98). The actual painter's colony Gutach was founded by Wilhelm Hasemann (1850-1913), whom the folk writer Berthold Auerbach called to the Black Forest on the basis of a book illustration in 1883. Ever since numerous works in en plein air style were made in Gutach, among the highlights is the "Wallfahrtskirche in Triberg" (Pilgrimage Church in Triberg, 1891).
Many other artists would follow the example of Wilhelm Hasemann in the 1880s, coming to Gutach for short visits or longer stays. Among them were Gustav Schönleber, Hermann Baisch, Adolf Des Coudres, Friedrich Kallmorgen, Leopold Graf von Kalkreuth, Gustav Kampmann, Edmund Kanoldt, Albert Kappis and Christian Landenberger, who was already working in Impressionism. Curt Liebich and Ernst Kielwein folowed in the 1890s, as well as the illustrator Fritz Reiss, who was a frequent guest in Gutach. It is even assumed that Max Liebermann stayed in the small town in the Black Forest for a while.
Unlike other villages that hosted artists' colonies in the late 19th century, Gutach was not at all a completely remote rural idyll, but yet, it possessed a very own and special culture, which also attracted the painters, first and foremost Wilhelm Hasemann, who saw that the culture was in danger because of the progressing industrialization. Thus he fought for the preservation of the typical costumes and the architecture.
This concern also showed in the art of Wilhelm Hasemann and the people around him, as they made realistic en plein air paintings, which captured the surroundings in an authentic manner, at the same time they documented the changes.
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