Casprzig Hedwig (2 results)

Albumblatt (Postkartenformat, mit aufgezogenem Illustriertenbild mit kleinem Löwen) mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift, Ort und Datum in Tinte signiert Bln.-Zehlendorf 1.XII.37.

Formats ranging from 10 x 12 cm to 43 x 50 cm. Not continously, but oftenly signed and dated (from 1906 to 1938), as well as with information about the animals. A very broad collection of works by this unjustly forgotten artist. Some leaves with storage or material-related damage, but mostly well preserved. Unique collection roaming much if not almost all of what was left behind by this unjustly forgotten animal paintress: Hedwig Casprzig was infatuated with her models. Who can blame her for sometimes humanizing her' lions in her stories? She painted lions because the lions are so dignified and amiable, so approachable, humorous, and playful." Tigers, on the other hand, were icy, aloof, and always mysterious. Her pictures, however, are free of sentimentality; they are precisely observed and reproduced animal portraits. (.) Hedwig Casprzig belongs to the circle of artists who, at the beginning of this century, found a rich field of work in the Berlin Zoo and who were closely connected to the zoo. One might think of the world-famous painters Richard Friese, Wilhelm Kuhnert, and Paul Neumann, or the sculptors Fritz Behn, Max Esser, and Josef Pallenberg. (.) Many of her best works unfortunately disappeared from her studio during the occupation of Berlin in 1945. Among the surviving and known images (.) predominantly charcoal drawings, pastels, and watercolors the lions are indeed particularly noteworthy. This was clearly her particular artistic strength." (Klös, 1997). The collection at hands is exactly what H. G. Klös, director to the Zoological Gardens in Berlin for three and a half decades, could gather the estate of H. Casprzig, who had largely withdrawn from the public life during her later years. Less than a handfull of other works by her hands can be traced on the free marked at all. Casprzig was a member of the Association of Berlin Women Artists and regularly exhibited at the animal art exhibitions held at the Berlin Zoo since 1924. - [00B | SOD | oR ] 10000 g.