Ulrich Hübner
Landungs Brucken (Landing Bridges)
About the SessionSpanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 15
Ulrich Hübner
Landungs Brucken (Landing Bridges)
About this Item
signed and dated 15; inscribed with the artist's name on a label adhered to the reverse and indistinctly inscribed with the title on a label adhered to the reverse
Provenance
Stephan Welz & Co in Association with Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 15 to 16 April 1991, lot 408.
Notes
Ulrich Hübner, born in Berlin on 1872, into a family of artists, was an Impressionist painter and a member of the Berlin Secession from 1899. He served on its advisory board from 1906 to 1907. His artistic training began in Karlsruhe under Robert Poetzelberger (1856-1930), Gustav Schönleber (1851-1917), and Carlos Grethe, followed by studies at the private art school in Munich run by Friedrich Fehr.
Hübner is best known for his landscapes, particularly his harbour and maritime scenes. Throughout his career, he painted in Berlin, along the Havel, and in Hamburg, Lübeck, Rostock, and Travemünde. In 1919, he returned to Berlin, where he continued to develop his Impressionist style. He was later appointed a full member of the Prussian Academy of Arts. After World War II, his house was confiscated, and his artistic estate, including his collection of contemporary art, disappeared.
Hübner also participated posthumously in the 1932 Olympic arts competition.
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