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Carl Hasenpflug (1802–1858), born in Berlin and deceased in Halberstadt, specialised in architectural painting. Initially apprenticed as a shoemaker to his father, he entered the studio of the decorative painter Karl Wilhelm Gropius in 1820. He subsequently attended the Berlin Academy with the support of Frederick William III.
Cathedrals and medieval churches became his preferred subjects. He depicted buildings in Erfurt, Magdeburg and Halberstadt with close attention to their architectural construction. From 1838, snow-covered ruins assumed a dominant place in his work, bringing architectural observation into contact with the Romantic imagination. A version of the ruins of Walkenried Abbey, dated 1850, is held in Hanover. His career thus links a decorative painter’s practical knowledge with pictorial reflection on the remains of the past.
This profile brings together identity references for Carl Hasenpflug and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Klosterruine im Winter mit Blick auf Heisterbach
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2017-05-20
Published result : 39680 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 20000
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Oil on canvas
Klosterruine im Winter mit Blick auf Walkenried
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2017-05-20
Published result : 44640 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 22000
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Oil on canvas
Klosterruine im Winter
huile sur toile
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2016-06-22
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 5184 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–4000
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