Munich, June 15, 2020 (KK) - "Frau Rosenheim, Königgrätzer Str. 139/134" - that's all what the reverse side of the painting by Karl Hagemeister reveals. However, surely enough to discover a fascinating story leading through the intricate paths of world history to a family not only famous thanks to Thomas Mann's father-in-law: the Pringsheim family.

It's the story of the committed, kind-hearted and progressive Margarethe Rosenheim and the renowned art-minded banker Julius Rosenheim. It's the story of their daughter Katharine, called Käthe, who attended a Scottish college at a time when it was everything but normal for young ladies to benefit from high education and who would later marry in an illustrious family. It is also the story of Fritz Pringsheim, acclaimed law professor and humanist, who was only saved from the atrocities of a concentration camp through the advocacy of a former student with Heinrich Himmler.

It is a story of migration, war and reconstruction, a story of misery, loyalty and integrity - a true story that life told and in which Karl Hagemeister's "Birken im Herbst am Bachlauf" plays a starring role.

For the time being the end of the story is marked by a successful cooperation between owners, heirs and auction house that restores the long lost identity of an artwork and connects the lives of many. This way the unique history remains preserved for future generations while a starting point for new stories was created.

Find the whole story on www.kettererkunst.com.

Next to another work by Karl Hagemeister ("Waldweiher" € 35,000-45,000) the 500th Anniversary Auction also includes works by, among others, renowned artists like Josef Albers, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Jean Dubuffet, Lyonel Feininger, Lucio Fontana, Keith Haring, Alexej von Jawlensky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Yves Klein, Max Liebermann, August Macke, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Münter, Alber Oehlen, Sigmar Polke, Daniel Richter, Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly, Franz von Stuck, Günther Uecker, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann.

The family company Ketterer Kunst (www.kettererkunst.com and www.ketterer-internet-auctions.com) with headquarters in Munich and branches in Hamburg, Duesseldorf, Berlin as well as with a global network of representatives in , among others, the USA and Brazil, was founded in 1954. It is one of the leading houses for auctions of fine art from the 19th to the 21st Century and Rare Books. According to the latest figures issued by artnet price database for 2019, Ketterer Kunst holds place 11 in the ranking for Art after 1900 and is the world‘s strongest-selling family business for Art of the 20th Century.

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