Bertha Schilling: Junge Wilde !

Bertha Schilling

(1870 Arnsberg - 1953 Fisherhude)

German painter in Fisherhude* Artist Colony.

Second posting following the artist name Schilling

Namesake and contemporary colleague of Ida Schilling-Hacke (1875- after 1930) in before post. Born in a well-to-do environment and stimulated by her father pursuing  an artistic career she studied in Berlin with painter and graphic artist Hans Baluchek (1870-1935), Karl Wendel (1878-1943) and George Mosson (1851-1933) the French-German painter and teacher whom we met living in Nollendorfplatz in Berlin (see the Fanny Remak postings (here*). 

Baluchek and Mosson with Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth, Max Slevogt, Paul Casirer etc.. representing the Berlin Secessionist movement. 

When Otto Modersohn (1865-1943) left Worpswede for Fisherhude around 1907, after the tragic death of his wife Paula, he was to become the Godfather of several young painters who choose this little town as their own. They were called "die Junge Wilde" (the young wild ones). 

Scratching together examples of Bertha Schillings delightful modern, colorful and bright paintings, reflecting the light of summer and inspired by the Barbizon painters and van Gogh, one can fully understand the knickname. 

Bertha Schilling entered the village of Fisherhude* (situated some 30 Km east of Bremen and 30 Km south of Worpswede) in 1911 to stay. She build her own home and studio (below), had a successful and independent career as a painter selling much appreciated paintings for "a fraction of the cost of a Modersohn", played the local church organ and never married. 

In Fisherhude I also met August Haake (1889-1915), the talented painter, also very much under the influence of Vincent van Gogh arriving in the village around the same time with Bertha Schilling. He sadly died aged 25 from lead-poisening habitually wetting his brushes with his mouth and thus contacting the poisonous lead-white paint.

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Ida Schilling-Hacke, who was she ?

Ida Schilling-Hacke

(born 1875 in Aurich - after 1942)

Forgotten German painter, 
living in Torgau near Leipzig. 

This posting (and the next two) was composed after stumbling over this water colored quick pencil sketch, probably created in a minute. I sincerely hope it will eventually lead to reactions by readers.

A quick investigations revealing only a handful of paintings by Ida Schilling-Hacke showing a skilled artist with a fine pallet.  

"Herrgottswinkel" (Lord Jesus corner) in a farmers cottage,

a traditional catholic domestic place of worship. The wonderful traditional blue-ish greens of Ida's painting reminded me of this fine German color woodblock print on wove paper (below). 

 Church interior 

Ida Schilling-Hacke is not mentioned in the great Artists Lexicons Benezit, Thieme-Becker or Vollmer but she has a reference in Dressler Kunsthandbuch mentioning 32.000 living in the 1920's artists, art historians, editors, researchers etc. Last edition: 1930. 

According to Dressler she'd studied in Munich, was a member of the "Reichsverband Bildende Künstler Deutschlands" and the "Künstlerinnenverein München". She was active around in 1930 in Torgau an der Elbe. Which is near Leipzig (see below *)  

Ida Schilling- Hacke took part in the 1940-1942 "Münchner Kunstausstellung" in the Maximilianeum in Munich and also in the "Grosse Münchner Kunstausstellung in the Neue Pinakothek (thank you Maximilian Baron von Koskull in Heubach)

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Some genealogical data concerning regionally mentioned Hacke family members. 

From 1868-1886 a "Fritz" (Georg Friedrich Konrad) Hacke (b. 1842 Bentheim - 1922) lived and probably started his career as a solicitor and notary in Aurich (Ost-Friesland). He is a "possible" candidate as Ida's father: right place right time. 

From 1890-1893 Fritz Hacke was a German "Reichstag Mittglied" (member of Parliament) and he later moved to Leipzig (*). Which is "convenient" for a possible family tie considering Ida's later mentioned residence of Torgau.  

In 1820 a Friedrich Konrad Hacke was mayor of Bentheim, an editor and book printer. Maybe Fritz (grand)father ?

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All help (art-historical, genealogical etc..) that may illuminate the life and career of Ida Hacke (Schilling-Hacke) would be very much appreciated. 

Next: 

Bertha Schilling (1870-1953), Berlin trained painter in the Fischerhude artist colony.

N.N. Schilling, 2 lovely color woodblocks by an unknown printmaker. 

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Travemünde Hafen, Segelkutter und Leuchtturm.

Travemünde Harbor and Old Lighthouse  

Resuming more regular posting in this Blog after a period of retreat and  contemplation I'ld like to share this recent find. A rather nice woodblock print showing a resting to a mooring pole sailing vessel ("Ostee-kutter", Baltic cutter ?) in a harbor with a rather characteristic lighthouse. Googling I could find three lighthouses more or less of this type: Terschelling (Netherlands), Borkum and Travemünde (below).

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A printmaker signing, E. Schott, Scholl, Schoff (?) is not represented in my archives. The ship resembles prints of traditional Baltic sailing ships by Daniël Staschus (1872-1953) a printmaker, with his wife Paula associated with the Nidden artist colony near Königsberg some 500 km. to the east. 

The harbor and lighthouse obviously show Travemünde ("mouth of river Trave") gateway to the old and important city of Lübeck some 17 km. upriver to the West, and the Baltic sea. The old Lighthouse close to the shore and the magnificent tree behind, the buildings and even the mooring poles matching perfectly. 

MS Queen Mary II visiting Travemünde.

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Travemünde and it's harbor have been the love and inspiration of painter Ulrich Hübner (1872-1932), the Berlin secessionist who also lived in the village and whom I've met before in postings on artist Fanny Remak (here*). 

Hübner probably painted every mile of this very picturesque place, the lighthouse which of course cannot be missed in every almost any view. He created numerous paintings of this part of the estuary, the harbour entrance with it's freighters, fishermen, travellers, ferries, piers and baltic fleet of traders and sailing boats. 

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Researching this print I stumbled over one Otto Schoff (1884-1938) an Emil Orlik student in Berlin, a graphic artist who is mainly known and remembered for his (homo)erotic drawings and etchings. Some are really nice and some very "explicit". 

Otto Schoff also seemed to have been involved in the world of sailing and sailors. Although he studied with Emil Orlik (he could have been studying other graphic techniques besides woodblock printmaking) I could find no records or examples of any activity engaged with woodblock printmaking. He was born in Bremen and studied in the "Kunst und Gewerbeschule" (Arts and Craft School) in Bremen, then Berlin and Paris (with George Grosz, who also had been  as student of Orlik and who was also very much in drawing "specific human behavior" like Schoff).  

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If readers have any idea about the identity of the Travemünde printmaker, Scholl, Schott or Schoff, please let me know.  

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To have and to hang: Margarethe Braumüller-Havemann

Hamburg:

Alster- Uhlenhorster Fährhaus

Margarethe Braumüller-Havemann

Ebay: Buy Now 
(link to Ebay offer) 

 (ending 30 jun 2015 20:10:52 CEST)

A great and rare around 1930 print and priced accordingly. A Max Liebermann view on one of the prettiest locations in pre-war Hamburg along the shores of the Alster river. This seller has more lovely Hamburg and Alster prints on offer. Can't afford a.t.m. so this one might be yours ..........

Follow the label below to see the earlier Blog attribution on Margarethe Braumuller-Havemann.

Marguerite Callet-Carcano: Minette la Noire

Marguerite Callet-Carcano

Milano (It.) 1878 - ?

Illustrator, printmaker, bookplate artist. 

Resuming after a break in blogging (there is more to life) about forgotten and obscured artists-printmakers I'ld like to share my recent acquaintance with Marguerite Callet-Carcano. Little is to be found about this artist mainly mentioned as a Belgian (Brussels) books illustrator and bookplate designer. 

I found these wonderful cat prints, designed for a 1941 book "Minette la Noire" (Blacky) by Belgian author, poet and painter: Maurice Jean Lefebvre (1873-1954). A proof of the above print is known but finding a copy of the actual book was without result so far. It shows the artist decided to change, mirror, the original design of the sleeping cat print.
   

Other then some examples of her bookplates and book illustrations I couldn't  much to shine any light on her career or her life. 

Another thing (a coincidence ?) is that an other Maurice Lefebre (1863-1917) happened to be a quite famous playwright for the entertainment establishment "le Chat Noir" in Montmartre Paris, immortalized by Theophile Steinlen (1859-1923) 1898 poster design.

After some genealogical and historical research and deduction my guess is she might have been the grand-daughter of this couple: Comte (count) Pierre Carcano, an officier in the Navy to his Royal Majesty the King of Sardaigne (King Victor Emanuel II, later King of Italy). Pierre Carcano married 15-01-1857 in Turin (It.) to Marguerite Franchet-D'Esperey (born 1831).

Marguerite Carcano-Franchet-D'Esperey died 15-07-1859, 26 years of age only two years after her marriage and, possibly at or shortly after giving birth to her granddaughters father who is not known by name. I found these genealogical data in a recent Ebay auction offering the official 19th century family announcements. She is possibly related to Louis Franchet-D'Esperey (1856-1942) a famous WW1 French army general.    

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And then there is: Fillipo (Phillipo) Carcano (Milano 1840-1914). He was an Italian painter and in his time quite famous. He was reviewed in the Studio Magazine in 1913. I suppose he is in some way related to Marguerite.

I hope now Marguerite is represented with this entry in the Internet all who stumble over this humble attribution and may have further knowledge about this artist and/or her family please send me details for furthering and sharing. 

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