Lot 76 Dα

A better overall impression can often be gained from a distance, but the details can only be seen close up. Hugo Kauffmann combined both in his work. The late 19th century master of genre painting found his motifs very close to the lives of the people in the villages surrounding Munich. The parlours and inns provided him with ample inspiration for his entertaining, varied insights into the everyday lives of the farmers and burghers who lived in the villages at the time - in other words, the vast majority of the population. He himself, however, came from Hamburg. From there, his career took him to the most important art centres of his time: after Frankfurt, he moved to Düsseldorf, and after a longer stay in Paris, he finally came to Munich. Here he familiarised himself intensively with the city and its surroundings. Later, he also owned a villa in Prien am Chiemsee - in the centre of one of the most beautiful spots in Upper Bavaria and very close to the rural population, to whom he created a monument in his genre pieces.