Gerhart Hauptmann
PhotographerAura Hertwig
CountryGermany
MediumPhotogravure
JournalDie Kunst in der Photographie 1900
AtelierGeorg Büxenstein & Co.
Year1900
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Men of Mark, Men: Occupational, Seashore
Dimensions
Image Dimensions: 19.5 x 14.0 cm : Art folio #4, plate #5
Deep in thought, Hauptmann appears to be writing in a journal cradled in his arms while standing at the seashore.
Gerhart Hauptmann, (1862-1946) was a prominent German dramatist of the early 20th century who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1912. His early naturalistic plays are still frequently performed. Hauptmann’s best-known works include The Weavers (1893), a humanist drama of a rebellion against the mechanisms of the Industrial Revolution , and Hannele (1884), about the conflict between reality and fantasy. 1.
1. Pegasos : Finnish online literary website