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Adolf (1840) Gnauth Sold at Auction Prices

Architecture painter, Commercial artist, Painter

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May. 19, 2012
Five German Decorative Painting Lithographs
Est: $300 - $500
Suite of Five German Decorative Painting Lithographs with Six Accompanying Stencil and Tracing Patterns, from the Deutsches Maler Journal , books I and II (Stuttgart: W. Speeman, 1876-1878), including chromolithographs book I, plate 7, "Plafond" ["Ceiling"], by Adolf Gnauth (1840-1884), book I, plate 9, "Wanddecoration in Treppenhause" ["Staircase Wall Decoration"] by Georg Hauberreisser (1841-1922), book I, plate 16, and book II, plate 5, both a "Plafond" ["Ceiling"] by Ludwig Lesker (1840-1890), and book II, plate 14 "Pilasterfuellungen, Borduren und Mittelstueck zu einer Wanddecoration" ["Pilaster, Border and Centerpiece of a Wall Decoration"], by Heinrich Kolb (fl. Berlin, second half 19th century) each presented in a reddish-brown molded wood frame with painted gilt fillet, taupe mat and glazed, sight (average)13" x 10", overall (average) 17" x 20", with six quarto sheets, each with two to seven stencil templates and/or tracing patterns to reproduce all or part of the lithographed designs in full scale, each 33" x 23-1/2" (open). Hauberreisser's staircase wall decoration here is taken from his design for the Munch New Town Hall and features a painted version of a two meter-high "Medieval" tapestry, requiring twelve separate stencil and tracing patterns, all of which are included in this lot.
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May. 19, 2012
Fifty German Decorative Painting Patterns
Est: $300 - $500
Fifty Piece Collection of German Decorative Painting Lithographs, Templates and Patterns, from the Deutsches Maler Journal , books I and II (Stuttgart: W. Speeman, 1876-1878), including three framed color lithographs, book I, plate 12, Plafond [Ceiling] , by Adolf Gnauth (1840-1884), book I. plate 14, Pilaster Verzierungen [Pilaster Decorations] , by Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (1806-1882), and book, 2, plate 15, Treppenwand [Stairwell] by Georg von Hauberreisser (1841-1922), each presented in a reddish-brown molded wood frame with painted gilt fillet, taupe mat and glazed, sight (average)13" x 10", overall (average) 17" x 20", along with fourteen loose color lithographs, some with metallic inks, each 16-1/2" x 11-7/8", (book I, plates 5,8,10,13,17,23 and 24, and book 2, plates 7 through 13, inclusive), with twenty-five quarto sheets, each with one to six stencil templates and/or tracing patterns to create designs in the neoclassical, neo-Grec or Gothic Revival fashion, each 33" x 23-1/2" (open), and eight original Journal folios, book I, vols. 2-6 and book II, vols. 2-4, in quarter red linen with blue printed paper boards and gilt filet, each with a folio or single leaf of explanatory text, 16-3/4" x 12-3/4. The Gnauth lithograph is a fine interpretation of the 16th century carved wooden ceiling in Dachau Palace. The original Renaissance ceiling, carved in 1566-1568 by Hans Wisreutter (fl. 1548-1572) was transferred in 1868 to the Bavarian National Museum. It was there that Gnauth adapted the ceiling as a painted decoration for architects and interior designers, rendered here in rich colors and metallic inks. (The ceiling was restored and returned to the Dachau Palace in 1977.) The Hauberreisser lithograph illustrates his design for a staircase wall in the Munich New Town Hall, a grand Gothic Revival building which began construction in 1867 and was not completed until 1908; stencil and tracing patterns for Hauberreisser's designs for some of the Town Hall corridors are also included in this lot. Many of the loose lithographs here are accompanied by the matching stencil/tracing pattern.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
May. 19, 2012
Four German Stencil Templates & Tracing Patterns
Est: $400 - $700
Suite of Four German Stencil Templates and Tracing Patterns for Interior Painting, from the Deutsches Maler Journal , books I and II (Stuttgart: W. Speeman, 1876-1878), including vol. I, sheet 11, four mythological beasts, designed by Adolf Gnauth (1840-1884), vol. I, sheet 30, neo-Grec masque, vase and corner ornament, book II, sheet 22, neo-Grec pilaster decorations, and book II, sheet 51, neoclassical scrolling borders, each quarto sheet 23-3/4" x 33", mounted on board and presented in a molded wooden frame with rope-twist filet and glazed, overall 33-1/2" x 43-1/2". The Deutsches Maler Journal was founded in 1876 by architect Adolf Gnauth (1840-1884) and painter Ludwig Lesker (1840-1890) as an organ of the Deutschen Maler-Bundes [German Painter's Federation], and dealt specifically with the technical aspect of painted interiors. Each volume contained a folio sheet of letterpress, four chromolithographs of interior painting designs, and anywhere from six to nine quarto sheets of stencil templates and tracing patterns which designers could use to re-create the lithographed designs. The journal's contributors were among the most noted German architects and designers of the day, e.g. Georg von Hauberrisser (1841-1922), Eugen Neureuther (1806-1882) and Hans von Kolb (1845-1928). Appearing as it did at the height of the German Historismus movement, the journal recorded an eclectic array of revivalist designs, including Greek, Roman, Gothic and Renaissance, which remain not only a documentary record of the era but also functional tools for today's designers. Many of the stencils were reprinted in the 1960's by Dover Press as Victorian Stencils for Design and Decoration , though in reduced size from these large-scale, period originals.
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